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Williamson Symphonies Nos 1 and 5

The first volume in Chandos's exceedingly welcome series devoted to Malcolm Williamson's orchestral music was one of my most played...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 3/2007

Bach St Matthew Passion

I have described this performance too recently for there to be any need to do so other than briefly now....

Reviewed in issue 7/1985

Tchaikovsky Symphony No 4

On my frequent visits to Denver I have followed Marin Alsop’s career with great interest and growing admiration‚ and have...

Reviewed in issue 9/2002

Orff Cantatas

This is a most welcome issue, since Catulli Carmina and Trionfo di Afrodite are under-represented in the current catalogue, unlike...

Reviewed in issue 5/1996

Prokofiev Orchestral Works

Although there have been many fine and some thrilling performances of Prokofiev's Fifth Symphony since it first appeared on record,...

Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 4/1995

Brahms Piano Works

Pascal Roge, 42 this year, has recorded the Handel Variations before for Decca (1/79—nla). JOC found that earlier performance slightly...

Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 4/1993

Shostakovich Viola Sonata, Op 147; Violin Sonata, Op 134

These sonatas are from Shostakovich's last creative decade and share a similar formal trajectory. Michail Zinman's and Andrei Pushkarev's 2005...

Reviewed by kYlzrO1BaC7A in issue: 1/2007

Schumann Piano Works

As committed collectors will know we are not badly off for recordings of the Davidsbundlertanze. Recent issues by Andreas Haefliger...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 8/1993

Britten Billy Budd

Britten's score is so often praised that we tend to neglect the distinction of Forster and Crozier's libretto. That thought...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 6/2000

Beethoven Symphonies Nos 5 & 6

Bruno Weil is best known for his performances of the Classical and early Romantic repertory, notably the choral works of...

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 8/2005

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