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Szymanowski: Works for Violin & Orchestra

Like SJ, I have long been an admirer of Wanda Wilkomirska's classic recording of Szymanowski's First Violin Concerto (Polskie Nagrania/Target),...

Reviewed by Michael Stewart in issue: 4/1991

Tchaikovsky Complete Symphonies

Set down in concert during 2007-8, Oleg Caetani’s Tchaikovsky symphony cycle (which includes Manfred) may not offer the last word...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 4/2010

Biber Violin Sonatas; Nisi Dominus; Passacaglia

Inexplicably‚ ASV has been advertising this release as containing ‘the only recordings’ of these four violin sonatas from Biber’s Sonatae...

Reviewed in issue 9/2001

Pärt De Profundis

Paul Hillier’s Theatre of Voices, like the Hilliard Ensemble with whom he was associated before settling in America, have given...

Reviewed in issue 4/1997

Gál Complete Works for Piano Solo

To say that Hans Gál was unique is not to suggest that his work is quirky or inaccessible. Hardly a...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 11/2005

Música Mexicana, Vol. 6

So little is known here about Manuel Ponce and his serious music (as distinct from his salon pieces and songs)...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 1/1996

Bruckner Symphony No 1

Whether or not Simone Young decides to record a complete Bruckner cycle with the Hamburg Philharmonic remains to be seen...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 13/2011

Music of Spain, Vol. 7

Originally sub-titled ''The Spirit Of Segovia'', this was issued two years ago as part of a two-LP box, ''Music of...

Reviewed by John Duarte in issue: 5/1985

Three Tenors, Volume 2

And why not? Our present-day trio have given an encore, so a second offering from Memoir Classics was only to...

Reviewed in issue 12/1994

Einar Steen-Nökleberg - My music pleasures

Ferdinand Finne? Who he, you well may ask. Well, I don’t know either, and the untranslated Norwegian booklet-note doesn’t help....

Reviewed by Tim Parry in issue: 10/1999

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