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From Dublin the Field family moved, via Bath, to London. And it was there, at a King's Theatre charity concert on February 7th, 1799 (not 1794 as stated in the booklet) that John, now 17, hit the headlines as soloist in his own First Piano Concerto in E flat. Even today it is easy to understand...

An integral set of the four symphonies of Roberto Gerhard has not been available before, so full marks to Auvidis for their enterprise. The multinational cast is apt given the circumstances of Gerhard's career: a Catalan of part-Swiss descent, he was a pupil of Schoenberg in the 1920s, and lived...

Philadelphia, Sawallisch (6/95) (EMI) CDC5 55230-2 New Zealand So, Decker (6/95) (NAXO) 8 553070 Mathis der Mo/er/Symphonic Metamorphoses - selected comparison;

Vyner". Op. 63e'. 'Dawn Upshaw (sop,: °Sebast- ian Bell (11); acJl Coiitttable (p0; Elisabeth C'hojrtacka (hpd); C1)ayjd Hockings (pete); abI,,on_ don Siulonietta /"David Zinman, 'Markus Stenz. Nonesuch ID 7559-79362-4; ID 7559-79362-2 (59 minutes: DDD).