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Brahms: Piano Works
François-René Duchâble | Lilya Zilberstein
Lilya Zilberstein made her DG recording debut with a disc of Rachmaninov and Shostakovich (12/90) of which DJF was most...
Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 3/1991
Mozart: Concert Arias
Six years separate these two recordings: years in which Dame Kiri Te Kanawa has refined her Mozartian style, and developed...
Reviewed by hfinch in issue: 10/1988
Rod Franks - Saving Face
This programme is rather more than a celebration of one of Britain’s leading instrumentalists. It emanates from a selection of...
Reviewed by Jonathan Freeman-Attwood in issue: 10/2003
Famous Italian Baritones
Only 60 years lie between the birth of Mattia Battistini and that of Giuseppe Taddei, and only 45 between the...
Reviewed in issue 4/1996
Parry Orchestral Works
Andrew Penny | Royal Scottish National Orchestra
I always felt the only performance in Matthias Bamert’s invaluable Parry series for Chandos which didn’t quite measure up to...
Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 10/1996
Not Just Dowland
Carolyn Sampson | Matthew Wadsworth
There are two halves to this recital, one English, the other Italian. The spots for solo lute break it up...
Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 9/2010
Liszt; Wagner Sonatas and Metamorphoses
This boldly enterprising disc remembers Liszt’s homage to Wagner. Generous to a fault, Liszt basked in Wagner’s genius only to...
Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 2/2007
Baroque Orchestral Works
(Jean-François) Paillard Chamber Orchestra | Jean-François Paillard
''Pachelbel/Canon: Albinoni/Adagio'' says the front of the sleeve in large type, and those in charge have counted on these items...
Reviewed in issue 1/1984
Dvorák Violin Concerto; Piano Trio Op 65
Alexander Melnikov | Isabelle Faust | Jean-Guihen Queyras | Jirí Belohlávek | Prague Philharmonia
This is not the first disc to couple Dvorák’s lone violin concerto with one of his chamber works. Sarah Chang’s...
Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 11/2004
Picker Orchestral Works
Jeremy Denk | Paul Watkins | Russian Philharmonic Orchestra | Thomas Sanderling
Much of what Tobias Picker does sounds and feels familiar. It’s the attitude that begins to make the difference. In...
Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 3/2003
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