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Review of Music for Brass, Piano and Percussion

Music for Brass, Piano and Percussion

Dalibor Vackar's Concerto is a lively, jazzy piece, making surprisingly effective use of its unusual instrumental combination: it does rather...

Reviewed by Stephen Johnson in issue: 7/1989

Review of Mozart Don Giovanni

Mozart Don Giovanni

There was always a sense of tightened standards in the house when Solti conducted, and a Zeffirelli production usually meant...

Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 9/2007

Review of Schumann Symphonies 1 & 3

Schumann Symphonies 1 & 3

The main interest of this Suitner CD is that it offers us (for the first time on record, and probably...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 8/1987

Review of Josquin Desprez: Sacred Choral Works

Josquin Desprez: Sacred Choral Works

Listening to the Munich Capella Antiqua's version of Josquin's Missa La sol fa re mi, originally recorded in 1977 and...

Reviewed by Tess Knighton in issue: 10/1990

Review of McGuire Works for Flute, Guitar and Piano

McGuire Works for Flute, Guitar and Piano

This disc of music by Glasgow-born-and-based composer Eddie McGuire brings together works for three of the composer’s own instruments in...

Reviewed by William Yeoman in issue: 13/2006

Review of Piano Pictures

Piano Pictures

An appealing programme, whose high-spots include York Bowen’s 1925 miniature The Way to Polden, the dreamy Bolinge Hill by Peter...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 7/1998

Review of Elgar and the English Choral Tradition

Elgar and the English Choral Tradition

Most of us have cast a dull eye over lists of works performed at one Festival or another and never...

Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 2/2003

Review of On Guard for Peace

On Guard for Peace

Shostakovich’s oratorio hails Stalin’s plans for the afforestation of the Russian steppe; Prokofiev’s is a militant plea for peace. More...

Reviewed in issue 9/1999

Review of Holst (The) Planets; Japanese Suite; Beni Mora

Holst (The) Planets; Japanese Suite; Beni Mora

Vol 2 in Chandos’s Holst series finds Sir Andrew Davis stepping into the breach left by Richard Hickox’s death. Certainly,...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 3/2011

Review of Poulenc Chamber Works

Poulenc Chamber Works

Poulenc's last two chamber works here flank three others from 1918-26. The Clarinet Sonata and Oboe Sonata date from 1962...

Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 9/1992


 

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