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The Art of Paderewski, Vol.2
Volume 2 in Pearl's ongoing ''The Art of Paderewski'' (Vol. 1 was reviewed 11/91) continues a dubious legend, and the...
Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 3/1993
Prokofiev/Hindemith Chamber Works
This intriguing disc brings together two of Prokofiev's early chamber works and Hindemith's last. The earlier of the two Prokofiev...
Reviewed by rgolding in issue: 6/1993
Franck & Chausson Symphonies
Chalk and cheese. D'Avalos and Flor take quite different attitudes to the problems of the first movement of the Franck...
Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 8/1990
Grieg and Svendsen Orchestral Works
Iceland Symphony Orchestra | Petri Sakari
The Iceland Symphony Orchestra made their American debut on record many years ago, but UK collectors have only been able...
Reviewed in issue 8/1992
Prokofiev Orchestral Works
Most Double Decca sets can be recommended without hesitation. Unfortunately, this one mixes recordings of decent vintage with a motley...
Reviewed in issue 9/1996
Brahms/Dvorák String Quartets
It was only this February that I wrote a glowing review of the Alban Berg Quartet's new recording of Brahms's...
Reviewed by Joan Chissell in issue: 2/1995
Dvorák/Brahms/Reger Duets
Brigitte Fassbaender | Cord Garben | Juliane Banse
Brahms's duets are settings of known poets, Dvorak's of folk poetry. The matter is not as simple as that. Brahms...
Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 8/1995
Bach Mass in B minor
There is still a following for mainstream 'symphonic' accounts of Bach's great Mass as witnessed by recordings in the last...
Reviewed by Jonathan Freeman-Attwood in issue: 3/1995
Dvorák/Smetana Orchestral Works
Mariss Jansons | Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
This is a record where I wish the filler had been placed first on the disc. That has in abundance...
Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 1/1990
Elgar Works for Violin & Piano
Benjamin Frith | Marat Bisengaliev
Born in 1962, Marat Bisengaliev originally hails from Kazakhstan and is a prize-winning graduate from the Moscow Conservatory. He has...
Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 7/1999
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