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JS BACH English Suite No 2 PROKOFIEV Piano Sonata No 6
In her accompanying essay to this release (there is no specific biography), the Danish pianist Elisabeth Nielsen claims that the...
Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: AW2015
Scriabin Orchestral Works
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra | Vladimir Ashkenazy
Last month Jarvi (Chandos), now Ashkenazy. Whence this surge of interest in Scriabin? Certainly his Third Symphony's grand quest for...
Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 11/1991
Eben; Martinu; Smetana Piano Trios
An imaginatively planned programme which showcases, as the album’s excellent annotator Robert Philip suggests, “the complete span of what is...
Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 7/2010
Gershwin: Orchestral Works
Charles Dutoit | Louis Lortie | Montreal Symphony Orchestra
Dutoit's American takes like a native to Paris—as well he might given the Montreal Symphony Orchestra's near-ideal blend of French...
Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 3/1990
Dvorák Symphony No 9, 'From the New World'
(Royal) Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam | Mariss Jansons
It is apt that the Concertgebouw’s own label should launch with a heart-warming performance recorded live by Mariss Jansons, newly...
Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 1/2005
Scriabin Piano Works
Compelling and absorbing performances, and proof that Roger Woodward's interpretative powers extend far beyond the confines of the contemporary, avant-garde...
Reviewed by Michael Stewart in issue: 10/1992
Previn Brief Encounter
Any new operatic adaptation of Brief Encounter can’t help but face barriers, sociological and otherwise. The classic 1945 film about...
Reviewed by David Patrick Stearns in issue: 8/2011
Clarinet Masquerade
Perhaps a better title for this would have been 'Clarinet Marmalade', after a famous jazz piece whose composer's name eludes...
Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 10/1993
Dvorák Piano Trio No 4. Smetana Piano Trio, Op 15
In spite of being among the most popular of the world's piano trios, Dvorak's Dumky Trio is by no means...
Reviewed in issue 5/1986
Dvorák and Smetana: String Quartets
After the excitement of hearing their bracing Bartok cycle (the Gramophone Record of the Year in 1989), I've found the...
Reviewed by Stephen Johnson in issue: 2/1991
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