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Lee Denham
Mahler: Symphonies Nos 5, 7 & 8 (Pristine Audio)
Revelatory Boult in Mahler from the archives [LD]
Beethoven: Symphonies 1-9 (Dynamic)
A long awaited cycle that is ultimately disappointing [LD]
Tchaikovsky: Symphonies & Overtures (Warner Classics)
Slava’s unjustly overlooked early Tchaikovsky symphony cycle reissued in fine sound [LD]
Editing Bruckner’s Seventh Symphony
An interview with Dr Benjamin-Gunnar Cohrs by Lee Denham
Bruckner: Symphony No. 6, Te Deum (Testament)
An alpha performance of the Te Deum, but an omega one of the symphony [LD]
Mahler Symphony No. 7 (BR Klassik)
Haitink’s late trudge through Mahler’s Song of the Night [LD]
Puccini: Turandot (C Major)
A dazzling Turandot that spectacularly misses the point [LD]
Beethoven: The 9 Symphonies (Ondine)
Beethoven for the 2020s [LD]
Holst: The Planets (BR Klassik)
Harding’s relaxed run around Holst’s solar system [LD]
Wagner: Die Walküre (Decca)
The ace that trumped Solti [LD]
Bruckner: Symphony 6 (LSO Live)
Controversial and underwhelming Bruckner from Rattle [LD]
Mahler: Symphony 5 (Colorado Mahlerfest)
Excellent Mahler, with a unique coupling [LD]
An Interview with Conductor Kenneth Woods
Regarding his new recording of Mahler’s Fifth Symphony by Lee Denham
Composing Music in a Time of Crisis
An Interview with Jonathan Leshnoff by Lee Denham
Tchaikovsky: Symphony 6 (Deutsche Grammophon)
Bernstein’s infamous late Pathétique – neither the slowest nor the greatest [LD]
The State Opera (Naxos)
Missed opportunities in a sporadically interesting film [LD]
Mahler: Symphony 8 (Doráti Society)
An important entry to the discographies of both Mahler and Antal Doráti [LD]
Puccini: Manon Lescaut (Deutsche Grammophon)
Netrebko’s star shines brightly in the otherwise dull Salzburg night’s sky [LD]
Bruckner: Symphony 4 (LSO Live)
Rattle’s ‘Romantic’ replete with missed opportunities [LD]
Wagner: Orchestral Music (Deutsche Grammophon)
Classic Kubelík, wonderful Wagner [LD]
Puccini’s Turandot
An analysis and survey of audio and DVD recordings by Lee Denham
Puccini: Turandot (Warner Classics)
A fine entry to the Turandot discography with the original conclusion by Alfano [LD]
Mahler’s Seventh Symphony
A major survey of the discography by Lee Denham
de Hartmann: Orchestral Music Vol. 2 (Toccata)
A great Romantic symphony and an unusual concerto [LD]
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