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Shostakovich Orchestral & Vocal Works
One distinctive feature of Ashkenazy's Shostakovich cycle has been its imaginative planning. His record company have had this Second Symphony...
Reviewed in issue 8/1994
Barrios; Villa-Lobos Guitar Works
To follow in the footsteps of a famous father (Carlos Bonell) is never easy - and the problem is compounded...
Reviewed by John Duarte in issue: 5/2000
Dvorák Serenades
Hugh Wolff | Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
As has happened before, my instant reaction to the beginning of this performance of Dvorak's E major Serenade is to...
Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 12/1991
The Composer-Pianists
Here is a cunning and potent mix of every conceivable form of pianistic and musical intricacy (it excludes the merely...
Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 8/1998
Magnard Symphony No. 4; Chant funèbre
Michel Plasson | Toulouse Capitole Orchestra
This Fourth Symphony (1913) is a sturdy piece and will appeal to those who wish that Franck's Symphony had more...
Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 3/1987
Brahms Cello Sonatas
''Why is it that so many classical music listeners today often find the music of Johannes Brahms heavy and cumbersome?...
Reviewed by Joan Chissell in issue: 1/1994
Puccini Turandot
This vintage recording of Turandot is remarkable for at least two classic performances, those of Birgit Nilsson as the icy...
Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 9/1987
Haydn String Quartet, Op. 51
It's encouraging to see so many ensembles taking an interest in this unique masterpiece—eight long sonata-form slow movements with just...
Reviewed by Stephen Johnson in issue: 7/1990
Berg; Schoenberg; Webern Chamber and Orchestral Works
Claudia Barainsky | Jac van Steen | Winterthur Musikkollegium Orchestra
Schoenberg was at quite a low ebb in 1919 when he arranged his Second Quartet for string orchestra. Such unremitting...
Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 4/2007
Stenhammar Serenade etc
Esa-Pekka Salonen | Swedish Radio Choir | Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Two Stenhammar discs which in a way complement each other, and involve only one duplication—Midwinter. The BIS record covers the...
Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 11/1990
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