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Vaughan Williams Symphony No 6; Bass Tuba Concerto

Believe it or not, Bryden Thomson's performance of the Sixth Symphony is faster than either Boult's or Previn's, two minutes...

Reviewed in issue 9/1989

Busoni String Quartets

As always with Busoni, ignore the opus numbers (he seems to have made a regular habit of going back to...

Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 1/1996

Scelsi Choral Works

Judging by the dates of these pieces (1958-73) , choral music seems to have occupied Scelsi for a relatively short...

Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 13/1999

Scandinavian Orchestral Works

So far as Peer Gynt is concerned we now have to consider three different categories on record. There are more...

Reviewed in issue 9/1991

Works for Guitar and Orchestra

Eduardo Fernandez both understands and relishes every facet of Arnold's Guitar Concerto as is clear from his annotation. It is...

Reviewed by John Duarte in issue: 4/1991

Walton Violin Concerto; Viola Concerto

It makes an ideal coupling having Walton’s three pre-war concertante works together, two of them in premiere recordings. In many...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 11/1999

Mussorgsky Pictures/Ravel Valses Nobles

Ivo Pogorelich’s performance of Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition is hardly tailor-made for ‘easy listening’ or for musical philistines (as...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 6/1997

Walton Songs

The resurrectionists have done a good job here. When the late lamented Collins catalogue departed this life, the English Song...

Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 12/2002

Prokofiev Alexander Nevsky (complete film score)

It takes a bit of getting used to: those primitive images, that emaciated soundtrack (remember Gone with the Wind dates...

Reviewed in issue 6/1995

Haydn String Quartets, Op 64 Nos 4-6

Those familiar with The Lindsays’ recent Haydn recordings will need little encouragement to sample this set. Haydn demands close attention...

Reviewed in issue 4/2002

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