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Les Introuvables de János Starker
Carlo Maria Giulini | Gerald Moore | János Starker | Philharmonia Orchestra | Walter Susskind
A few seconds' worth of sampling is all that is needed to establish the tonal identity of Janos Starker, a...
Reviewed in issue 12/1995
DVOŘÁK String Quartets
Quatour Modigliani | Signum Quartet
Context is the principal factor that links these two programmes, with Dvořák as the common linchpin: an overwhelming musical presence...
Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 11/2015
Sviatoslav Richter Archives, Vol 15
Sviatoslav Richter is at the top of virtually everybody’s short list of great pianists, and the reasons are not hard...
Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 3/2009
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
Prokofiev War and Peace
Staging Prokofiev’s biggest opera is a mammoth task in any circumstances. To have put on the piece in the context...
Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 10/2000
British Music for Brass
Elgar Howarth | Grimethorpe Colliery Band | James Stobart | London Collegiate Brass
The reissue of the Grimethorpe Colliery Band's record brings back into the catalogue what was always a very well-played and...
Reviewed in issue 3/1986
Albert Coates Conducts, Vol.1 - Russian Favourites
Albert Coates | London Symphony Orchestra
At the moment, Albert Coates is represented in the catalogue mainly by recordings of Wagner, his readings of whom ranked...
Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 12/1992
Serenades for String Orchestra
A generous digital reissue, but not one that in any of these three works shows the Orpheus group at their...
Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 5/1990
Schumann Piano Works
Sergio Fiorentino (1927?98) was a natural Schumann player though his affinity with the composer is undervalued, overshadowed no doubt in...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 4/2008
New World Quartets
Dvořák’s American is the obvious candidate for a disc of New World quartets but the Brodsky have cast their net...
Reviewed by Geoffrey Norris in issue: 03/2014
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