Dvorák Orchestral Works

Neeme Järvi | Royal Scottish National Orchestra

Neeme Jarvi's Dvorak series for Chandos goes from strenght to strength. Fine as the previous issues have been, this one...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 11/1987

Scriabin: Piano works

Vladimir Ashkenazy

This is the long-delayed final instalment of Ashkenazy's Scriabin cycle (Nos. 2, 7 and 10 are available on SXL6868, 9/78;...

Reviewed in issue 10/1987

Saint-Saëns/Falla/Franck Piano Works

Alfred Wallenstein | Arthur Rubinstein | Eugene Ormandy | Philadelphia Orchestra | Symphony of the Air (New York)

''Dash, elegance, dazzling brilliance and temperament... good music, too, if not devoid of a certain banality'' was Rubinstein's valuation, in...

Reviewed by Joan Chissell in issue: 8/1994

Works for Wind Orchestra

Brian Priestman | Kjall Fagéus | Osmo Vänskä | Stockholm Symphonic Wind Orchestra

This is in fact one of three discs from Caprice showing off the impressive artistry of the Stockholm Symphonic Wind...

Reviewed in issue 3/1993

Beethoven (The) Complete Piano Concertos

These recordings were made in the National Concert Hall in Budapest in June and November 2005. It is not a...

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 2/2009

Reznicek Symphonies Nos 2 and 5

Berne Symphony Orchestra | Frank Beermann

Who knows, perhaps a tighter performance might have helped, but Emil Nikolaus von Reznicek’s cheeky Second Symphony (the Ironic) of...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 3/2006

Prokofiev Vocal and Orchestral Works

Carole Farley | José Serebrier | Paisley Abbey Choir | Scottish Chamber Orchestra

Youth—in some shape or form—is the common denominator here. In Winter bonfire an ageing and ailing Prokofiev casts his mind...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 7/1991

Dvorák Orchestral Works

Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra | Rafael Kubelík

These reissues are indeed opportune. Comparison at almost any point with the recent Gregor set on Supraphon/Koch International reveals Kubelik...

Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 11/1991

Eleventh Van Cliburn International Competition - Olga Kern

Olga Kern

Piano Competition winners come and go but the search for pianists who can sustain a convincing‚ long­term career remains intense...

Reviewed in issue 1/2002

Great Pianists - Moiseiwitsch Vol 6

Benno Moiseiwitsch | Constant Lambert | Philharmonia Orchestra

Here is Volume 6 of Naxos’s continuing Moiseiwitsch series, the unfolding of a legend in the best possible transfers taken...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 5/2003