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SCHUMANN Symphonies Nos 2 & 4
Christian Zacharias | Lausanne Chamber Orchestra
Geraint Lewis, in his recent Gramophone Collection on Schumann’s Rhenish Symphony, quoted Nikolaus Harnoncourt’s views on the much-maligned composer’s orchestration...
Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 11/2012
McCabe & Honma Two Pianos
This challenging, enterprising programme, given with skill and affection, is inspired by ‘a strong choreographic impulse’, by dance seen in...
Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 8/2005
Glazunov/Dvorák Violin Concertos
Camilla Kolchinsky | Ilya Kaler | Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra
Gone are the days when the Dvorak Violin Concerto was neglected on disc. Among the 20-odd rival recordings listed in...
Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 4/1995
DVOŘÁK; SUK Piano Quartets
The Josef Suk Piano Quartet take their name from the great violinist rather than his composer grandfather, whose Op 1 they perform....
Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: AW17
Emerson String Quartet - Old World New World
Around a quarter of a century ago the Emersons recorded Dvorák’s American Quartet for “Book of the Month Club”, a...
Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 8/2010
Alexander Gadjiev: A & N Tcherepnin, Prokofiev
Sources close to the 2021 Chopin Competition jury say that had it not been for some inspired risk-taking from the...
Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 10/2022
(A) Number of Short Waltzes
Andreas Grau | Götz Schumacher
Few dances, if any, have become their own essence and their own stereotype as completely as the waltz, and this...
Reviewed by kYlzrO1BaC7A in issue: 12/2003
Dvorák & Franck Piano Quintets
Clifford Curzon | Hiroko Nakamura | Tokyo Quartet | Vienna Philharmonic Quartet
The last two minutes or so of the Nakamura/Tokyo reading of the Dvorak Quintet exemplify both the strengths and weaknesses...
Reviewed by Stephen Johnson in issue: 4/1990
Borodin Symphonies 1-3
Gerard Schwarz | Seattle Symphony Orchestra
Borodin’s three symphonies can just about be fitted on a single disc, since there are really only two and a...
Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 13/2011
Dvorák Piano Trios 3 & 4
About 18 months ago I heard the York Piano Trio give a strong and very characterful performance of the F...
Reviewed by Stephen Johnson in issue: 4/1991
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