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Prokofiev Cinderella
Cleveland Orchestra | Vladimir Ashkenazy
The first thing to note about this outstanding issue is that it is the only recording of Prokofiev's score that...
Reviewed in issue 8/1986
ELGAR Caractacus (Brabbins)
Although the London performance of the Enigma Variations under Richter in 1899 is invariably cited as the composer’s ‘red letter’...
Reviewed by Jeremy Dibble in issue: 04/2019
Gershwin: Orchestral Works
The Bernstein coupling is a classic of the gramophone. It was recorded in 1959 when he was at the peak...
Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 11/1990
Miaskovsky Symphony No 6
Kyrill Kondrashin | USSR Symphony Orchestra | Yurlov Russian Choir
So far as I can tell this 1959 recording is identical to the Melodiya LPs which have been so treasured...
Reviewed in issue 10/1994
JUROWSKI Symphony No 5. Russian Painters
Michail Jurowski | Norrköping Symphony Orchestra | Vladimir Jurowski
Not to be confused with his conductor grandson Vladimir Mikhailovich, or with his son Michail Vladimirovich who conducts on the...
Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 08/2015
Taneyev Piano Concerto
How can it be that the only piano concerto by a pianist-composer of the standing of Taneyev has never previously...
Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 5/2007
Huberman Complete Brunwick Recordings
Bronislaw Huberman | Paul Frenkel | Siegfried Schultze
Most collections of pre-electrical violin recordings contain a rather dreary procession of encore pieces. The American Brunswick company was rather...
Reviewed in issue 3/1994
BBC Proms - The Centenary: 1895-1995
The choice of items is unrepresentative to the point of being bizarre, but this collection of broadcast performances from the...
Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 10/1995
(The) Genius of Larry Adler
(Anonymous) Orchestra | Clare Cashmore | Douglas Gamley | George Gershwin | Larry Adler
Larry Adler’s career has spanned all possible musical horizons. He is not only the world’s finest harmonica player, but a...
Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 6/1999
Brahms; Dvorak Chamber Works
An excellently-chosen coupling this, not only as a reminder of the warm regard, both musical and personal, shared by Brahms...
Reviewed by Joan Chissell in issue: 2/2003
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