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Shura Cherkassky Vol 8
Volumes 7 and 8 in Decca’s “Shura Cherkassky Live” series continue an ear-tickling legend and spell. No other pianist has...
Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 2/1996
Lloyd, G (A) Symphonic Mass
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra | Brighton Festival Chorus | George Lloyd
I had the stimulating experience of attending the premiere of this work at the Brighton Festival earlier in the year,...
Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 12/1993
Producers' Showcase Festival of Music, Vol 1
These two DVDs derive from the vintage years of American TV when major companies such as Ford were prepared to...
Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 3/2004
Russian orchestral works
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra | Esa-Pekka Salonen
Since the overture 1812 comes first on this disc I take it that the record is intended to be a...
Reviewed in issue 6/1985
Aaron Rosand Live at Mills College
Now 76, Aaron Rosand has devoted more of his time than most to keeping alive the Golden Age, when violin...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 4/2005
British Symphonic Collection, Vol 2 - Vaughan Williams
Douglas Bostock | Munich Symphony Orchestra
In a word: uncompetitive. Nothing but the best will do for VW’s visionary masterpiece, but Douglas Bostock’s new account falls...
Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 8/1999
Vladimir Horowitz - Piano Recital
RCA's new Toscanini Collection has on the whole been pretty well organized, but the same cannot be said about their...
Reviewed in issue 1/1993
William Kapell Edition
It is a curious and numbing fact that the greatest American pianists have had their careers prematurely curtailed or terminated....
Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 1/1999
Song Circle - Songs of Spring
Edward Lyon | John Reid | Lucy Crowe | Maria Kontra | William Berger
The Royal Academy, making its own records (and good luck to it), has hit on just the right formula for...
Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 7/2005
Martha Argerich Collection
DG’s “Martha Argerich Collection” consolidates and confirms (if confirmation were necessary) our sense of a unique vision and virtuosity. Here,...
Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 10/1997
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