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Stokowski conducts Philadelphia Rarities
Here is a very well-produced issue, with illuminating notes by the Stokowski authority Edward Johnson, good transfers, and basically good...
Reviewed in issue 10/1993
Charles Tessier - Carnets de voyages
Le Poème Harmonique | Vincent Dumestre
Le Poème Harmonique have a knack for imaginative programming. A frequent theme of their recordings is the fruitful co-existence of...
Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 12/2006
Bach Brandenburg Concertos Nos 1-6
This DVD ‘follows in the historical footsteps of Bach’s own orchestra’ by performing the concertos Bach dedicated to Margrave Christian...
Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 8/2006
Dvorák Chamber Works
Josef Chuchro | Josef Suk | Smetana Qt
These two works are intelligently coupled, and have been so before (for instance, by the Raphael Ensemble on Hyperion). The...
Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 9/1993
Dvorák Four Hand Piano Works, Vol.1
Christian Köhn | Silke-Thora Matthies
Playing piano duets tends to be a domestic rather than concert activity, and probably one less popular than it used...
Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 1/1997
Flute Concertos
Georges Guéneux | Peter-Lukas Graf | Räto Tschupp | Zurich Camerata
Doubts about the pedigree of much of the music on this disc need not interfere with the pleasure of listening...
Reviewed by Stanley Sadie in issue: 11/1987
DVOŘÁK; SCARLATTI Stabat Mater
By now, audiences know not to expect anything conventional from Simon-Pierre Bestion, who imposes all kinds of outside influences on...
Reviewed by David Patrick Stearns in issue: 04/2024
PROKOFIEV Piano Sonata No 6
Here is a good-themed programme from this 20-year-old Uzbek newcomer of ‘demonic dances, God and war, combining technical virtuosity with...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 08/2012
Bortnyansky Sacred Concertos, Volume 3
Russian State Symphonic Cappella | Valéry Polyansky
Bortnyansky, author of six operas, a small quantity of chamber music and a vast amount of liturgical music, has been...
Reviewed by Ivan Moody in issue: 1/2001
Tippett conducts Tippett
This collection carries the welcome announcement that it is the first of a series in which Tippett will conduct his...
Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 4/1990
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