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Review of Copland Dance Symphony; Symphony No 1; Short Symphony

Copland Dance Symphony; Symphony No 1; Short Symphony

There are two attractions here: the only current recording of the Short Symphony and a fine recording of Symphony No...

Reviewed by Peter Dickinson in issue: 12/2008

Review of Rutter Requiem; Sacred Choral Works

Rutter Requiem; Sacred Choral Works

Though the Requiem will no doubt be its main selling-point, the disc’s principal recommendation lies in the other works included,...

Reviewed in issue 5/1998

Review of Europa Konzert 2009

Europa Konzert 2009

The article in the booklet, headed “The Berliners and the Neapolitan”, is mainly about Riccardo Muti. A different article could...

Reviewed by Richard Lawrence in issue: 5/2010

Review of Tchaikovsky Iolanta

Tchaikovsky Iolanta

Tchaikovsky’s last opera has eluded successful recording, and still does. A Bolshoi version (HMV Melodiya, 8/78 – nla) was notable...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 2/1997

Review of Hans Knappertsbusch - Vienna Festival 1963

Hans Knappertsbusch - Vienna Festival 1963

These two DVDs are the stuff of legends. They derive from Austrian TV broadcasts of concerts at the Vienna Festivals...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 7/2004

Review of American Chamber Works

American Chamber Works

Few lovers of Vivaldi's music can have overlooked the wealth of available recordings of the six works on this new...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 11/1991

Review of Vienna State Opera Live, Vol. 7

Vienna State Opera Live, Vol. 7

A brief reminder that these are recordings of performances at the Vienna State Opera, made with primitive equipment and under...

Reviewed in issue 2/1995

Review of Haydn (The) Creation

Haydn (The) Creation

Three years after its recording, the release of the Kubelik Creation is something of a non-event. In terms of resources,...

Reviewed by hfinch in issue: 5/1988

Review of Karita Mattila - Lauluja merelle

Karita Mattila - Lauluja merelle

There is a crossover feel to this collection in that it sounds like orchestral arrangements from other genres (musicals, films,...

Reviewed in issue 12/1998

Review of Music from the Time of Vermeer

Music from the Time of Vermeer

We cannot blame Metronome for hanging this release’s market­ability on the eminently saleable figure of Jan Vermeer‚ whose paintings have...

Reviewed in issue 9/2001


 

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