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Chopin Piano Works
This is lovely playing which I enjoyed from first note to last for its poetry and passion as well as...
Reviewed by Joan Chissell in issue: 11/1993
Dvorák Symphony No. 8; Nocturne
London Philharmonic Orchestra | Vernon Handley
This is the recording of the Dvorak Eighth which first appeared in the Sir Thomas Beecham Commemorative Concert box, issued...
Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 1/1985
Tcherepnin Piano Concertos
Chetham's Symphony Orchestra | Julian Clayton | Murray McLachlan
Alexander Tcherepnin nowadays has a considerably better gramophone representation than his father Nikolay, but none of his six piano concertos...
Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 11/1994
Söderlind Sedimenti Musicali: Sym No 4; Cello Concerto
Moscow Radio Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra | Øystein Birkeland | Vladimir Fedoseyev
Outside Norway‚ Ragnar Söderlind (b1945) is probably best known for two 1960s orchestral scores: Trauermusik (performed at the London Proms...
Reviewed in issue 13/2002
Glass Symphony No 5
Glass’s Fifth is a dreamscape bridge between millennia, uncomplicated, quietly chromatic and set in constant motion. The symphonic dimension is...
Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 2/2001
Cage; Henck Piano Works
There are several complete performances of Cage’s late-’40s masterpieces in the catalogue at the moment. Recently Fylkingen reissued Takahashi’s 1965...
Reviewed by bwitherden in issue: 8/2003
Chirk Castle Part-Books
Brabant Ensemble | Stephen Rice
This is a new departure for the Brabant Ensemble, whose emphasis to date has been on the Continental repertory of...
Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 5/2009
Rossini Piano Pieces from Sins of Old Age
Rossini was an exceptionally fine pianist. Add to that his veneration and scholarly ear for the music of Bach, his...
Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 11/1994
Wagner (Das) Rheingold
The second instalment of the 2004 Adelaide Ring has similar strengths and weaknesses to the first, Die Walküre (8/06). The...
Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 2/2007
Verdi Attila
There are two ways of approaching the title-role of Attila, and they are nicely represented by these two recordings. For...
Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 6/1988
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