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Prokofiev Orchestral Works

Here is a very well-planned record of less familiar but vintage orchestral Prokofiev that provides a highly stimulating appendix to...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 3/1993

Panufnik Sinfonia sacra; Arbor Cosmica

The Sinfonia sacra is arguably one of Panufnik's most popular and successful works. It was the 1964 HMV recording of...

Reviewed by Michael Stewart in issue: 5/1991

Martinu: The Epic of Gilgamesh

I first got to know The epic of Gilgamesh from a BBC performance given at the Maida Vale Studios early...

Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 4/1991

Telemann Brockespassion

The Hamburg poet Barthold Heinrich Brockes wrote the Passion oratorio libretto Der für die Sünde der Welt gemarterte und sterbende...

Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 8/2009

Rainier Chamber Works

Priaulx Rainier (1903-86) isn't so much a 'neglected' composer as one who didn't have much luck. She was a late...

Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 11/1992

Schubert Trout Quintet/Arpeggione Sonata

Writing within the context of Sony’s CD booklet, Mark Salzman poses the question: “If basketball can have its Dream Team...

Reviewed in issue 4/1996

Brahms String Sextet No.2

The Amadeus Quartet planned to celebrate their 40th anniversary last October at a special recital as part of the Semaine...

Reviewed in issue 10/1988

Erna Berger - 3 Song Recitals

Erna Berger was a singer so dedicated to her art that the cares and problems of the war years were...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 8/1993

British Light Music

How bewildering the ways of fashion! A few years back a collection such as this would, if it had appeared...

Reviewed by Andrew Lamb in issue: 1/1998

Kabalevsky Piano Concertos Nos 1 and 2

Unsurprisingly for a student piece, the first of Kabalevsky’s three piano concertos is a talented blend of Rachmaninov and Prokofiev,...

Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 7/2006

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