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Atterberg Symphonies Nos 7 & 8

Atterberg is best known for his genial Sixth Symphony – the Dollar Symphony, so-called as it won a $10,000 prize...

Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 2/1999

Kittel Arias & Cantatas

Of all the highways and byways trekked by the durable Rene Jacobs in the last 30 years, Caspar Kittel is...

Reviewed by Jonathan Freeman-Attwood in issue: 10/2000

Sculthorpe Orchestral Works

Australian composer Peter Sculthorpe (b. 1929) writes in an appealingly approachable, strongly characterful idiom, yet his music always retains its...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 11/1995

Shostakovich Chamber Orchestral Works

The dazzling virtuosity displayed on this disc by the Chamber Orchestra of Europe makes me wonder why such a fuss...

Reviewed in issue 8/1992

Rachmaninov Piano concerto 3

Now 71, Jorge Bolet has had time to cultivate self-control. In the heat of excitement he neither surges ahead nor...

Reviewed by Joan Chissell in issue: 12/1985

Godowsky Java Suite

A world premiere recording of Godowsky's Java Suite is surprising until you stop to confront its savagely ornate and idiosyncratic...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 5/2000

Schubert Piano Trios Nos 1 & 2;Notturno;Sonata for Arpeggione

These discs begin with an outstanding performance of the Arpeggione Sonata. The recording is clear and spacious, and the outer...

Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 12/1997

Lumbye Orchestral Works, Vol. 1

Having already embraced the Strausses and Waldteufel, Marco Polo’s wide-ranging coverage of the works of nineteenth-century dance composers here strikes...

Reviewed by Andrew Lamb in issue: 9/1998

Scriarrino (La) Bocca, I Piedi, Il Suono

Anyone expecting a work including 100 saxophones to be a riot of buzzing sound will be very surprised by one...

Reviewed by Ivan Moody in issue: 1/2005

Dvorák Symphony 7

I cordially welcomed Carlos Paita's LP of Dvorak'S D minor Symphony as a performance combining lyrical ardour and warmth; and...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 6/1985

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