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In a clever ploy to extend the copyright of Sergei Rachmaninov's music, Alexander Warenberg has fiddled with the composer's second symphony to create a so-called "fifth" piano concerto. Norman Lebrecht reviews the results.
Read MoreEvery conductor tries to locate the key to Edward Elgar's famous compositions -- a new release lets listeners hear how Elgar interpreted himself
Read MoreA year after the centennial of his death, Gustav Mahler is still inspiring interesting performances. Norman Lebrecht listens to five newly released recordings.
Read MoreMusic from the adventurous Polish composer Henryk Mikolaj Górecki finds a perfect match with the National Youth Choir of Great Britain.
Read More19th-century Russian composer Anton Rubinstein has always been justifiably overshadowed by Tchaikovsky, but a new recording of his Persian music proves a surprising delight
Read MoreNorman Lebrecht spotlights a striking new recording of a piece that has eluded musicians for years, Edward Elgar's cello concerto
Read MoreArbiter Records gathers together some remarkable archival rarities of Brahms recordings. Norman Lebrecht reviews.
Read MoreAcquaint yourself with newly recorded Piano Concertos from the talented, eclectic, and little-known Scottish composer Erik Chisholm
Read MoreThe great Natalie Dessay is at her best in this recording of Claude Debussy's early piano suites
Read MoreA bursting box set contains all of the piano music from the iconoclastic American composer John Cage
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