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For Michael Curtiz's 1941 big-screen adaptation of Jack London's The Sea Wolf (starring Edward G Robinson as Wolf Larsen, the sadistic captain of the sealer Ghost), Korngold produced one of... —
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Yoshimatsu: Symphony No. 3 & Cyber-bird Concerto
Nobuya Sugawa (saxophone)
BBC Philharmonic, Sachio Fujioka
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Special offer. Contemporaries of Mozart - Johann Baptist Vanhal
London Mozart Players, Matthias Bamert
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The performance itself is consistently impressive. At its heart is a grave, sensitive account of the slow movement… Opening the programme is a surging, ebullient rendition of Elgar's Italian... —
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Martinu: Symphony No. 1 & Double Concerto
Jaroslav Saroun (piano), Václav Mazacek (timpani)
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Jirí Belohlavek
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Special offer. Shostakovich - Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 2
RecommendedLydia Mordkovitch (violin)
Scottish National Orchestra, Neeme Järvi
This coupling completely explodes the idea of the Second Violin Concerto being a disappointment after the dramatic originality of No 1.
Certainly No 2, completed in 1967, a year after the very... —Awards:
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Gramophone Awards, 1990, Winner - Concerto
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Special offer. MacDowell: Orchestral Works Vol. 2
Xiayin Wang (piano), Peter Dixon (cello)
BBC Philharmonic, John Wilson
Placed alongside the suite's brilliant parade (sparklingly delivered by Wilson's BBC forces), the concerto's virtuosic rhetoric suggests the ponderous throat clearing of some lumbering giant,... —
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What other composer created such a body of rousing, exhilarating and immensely tuneful pieces?...Järvi and his Scottish players provide more than just a touch of extra precision and zip. Järvi... —
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The pianist’s straightforward temperament and respect for the text emphasise truth over charm...Donohoe’s cogent and articulate annotations bring welcome personal and musical perspectives to... —
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Brahms, Ligeti, Mozart, Schumann: Horn Trios
Martin Owen (horn), Francesca Dego (violin), Alessandro Taverna (piano)
Both trios are played with admirable virtuosity by Martin Owen, Francesca Dego and Alessandro Taverna, but the arrangement of the Mozart Horn Quintet which they offer in addition is less satisfying...... —
