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Bentzon: Symphony No. 8; Symphonic Variations – Gothenburg-Aarhus Philharmonic, Douglas Bostock ‘Bentzon was astonishingly productive: 24 symphonies, 14 string quartets and 25 piano sonatas amongst much else. The first symphony dated from 1942; the last from 1994. Bentzon’s troubled Eighth Symphony is in four movements. The first runs to almost eighteen minutes. It instantly establishes, through a discreet drum-roll, a bleak landscape. There are Shostakovichian interjections and rolling asides. Side-drum interruptions link us tersely with Nielsen and there are resemblances to the mighty Carl… The symphony
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Nørgård: Violin Concerto Nos 1 Helle Nacht and 2 Borderlines; Spaces of Time for orchestra with piano ...
The Golden Age of Light Music – Stereo into the Sixties By the 1960s, most conductors and record companies had ...
Schurmann: Music for Violin and Piano – Alyssa Park (violin), Mikhail Korzhev (piano) The Anglo-Dutch composer Gerard Schurmann, born ...
Brian Elias: The House that Jack Built; A Talisman; Doubles – BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis, Martyn ...
Massenet: Don Quichotte – Ferruccio Furlanetto, Anna Kiknadze, Eleonora Vindau, Yulia Matochkina, Carlos D’Onofrio, Dmitry ...
Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances; Stravinsky: Symphony in Three Movements – London Symphony Orchestra, Valery Gergiev The ...
Chandos CHAN 5104 Saint-Saëns: Orchestral Works – Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Neeme Järvi ...
Debussy: Orchestral works – Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Stéphane Denève Recognised internationally as a ...
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Isokoski sings Morgen with a rapt sense of amorous wonderment, while the ecstatic outpouring of emotion in Cäcilie...
Valeri Polyansky has already given us a superlative coupling of the Second and Fourth Symphonies or Sergei Taneyev fo... American Record Guide
Fowke’s dazzling technical prowess... Should also enthral lovers of romantic piano concertos...
The Fires of London conducted by the composer accompany the two soloists with superb ease and brio. Bravo!... Diapason
Walton has received glowing accolades and his performances have been hailed by the press; ‘Flawless intonation and an... Daily Telegraph
Sultry seduction surfaces in Susan Gritton’s reading of Alessandro Scarlatti’s ‘Cantata for the Birth of Our Lord’. ... Classic FM Magazine
There is not a bar ... that is not interesting, enjoyable and satisfying. All in all this is a great ‘retrospective’ ... John France (Music Web)
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