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Hughes; Owain Arwel
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Walton: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2/Hughes SACD
We can only applaud the internationalization of this music, as conductors start playing and recording it outside of the UK. It’s tiresome to have to…
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Schnittke: Symphony No. 9; Concerto grosso No. 1
Listeners familiar with Schnittke’s brilliant Concerto Grosso No. 1 will be quite surprised by this recording, as it features a revised version of the work…
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Holmboe: Kairos
In the late 1950s and early ’60s, Vagn Holmboe wrote four sinfonias for strings, the first three having a single movement in several contrasting tempos,…
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Riisager: Benzin SACD
If there ever is to be a twinge of international interest in Knudage Riisager, then recordings like this will be essential in spreading the word.…
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Schnittke: Symphony 0
These very early works, dating from the mid to late 1950s, reveal Schnittke’s talent from the outset of his career. This is by no means…
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THROUGH GOLD AND SILVER CLOUDS
This collection of English chestnuts for chamber orchestra is designed to show off the talents of the newly formed Camerata Wales, and it succeeds admirably.…
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Holmboe: Concertos
Vagn Holmboe’s superb series of chamber concertos has been excellently documented on disc by Denmark’s Dacapo label, but this disc is unusually interesting nonetheless, not…
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Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 1/RSNO
Owain Arwel Hughes’ Rachmaninov First is a marked improvement over his recording of Symphony No. 3 (type Q5500 in Search Reviews). What was tepid and…
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Hughes Rachmaninov 3 C
Owain Arwel Hughes seems content to let Rachmaninov’s multi-faceted Third Symphony play itself, not a wise choice in this music, which needs a definite interpretive…
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Bis Rach 2 3/10 C
Before making a new recording of a warhorse symphony such as this one, the conductor should be chained to a chair and forced to listen…
