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DVORÁK; MARTINU Cello Concertos (Victor Julien-Laferrière)
Gergely Madaras | Royal Philharmonic Orchestra of Liège | Victor Julien-Laferrière
Is it useful to say that a musician has a ‘Gallic’ sound? Listening to the French cellist Victor Julien-Laferrière playing...
Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 07/2021
DVOŘÁK Symphony No 9 'From the New World' (Shelley)
Themes of migration, border crossing and leaving old worlds behind while anticipating new worlds up ahead bind the two seemingly...
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 08/2018
Playford Country Capers
Broadside Band | Jeremy Barlow
Among the early dance repertories the most impressive material comes from late sixteenth-century Italy. Here the court dances have elaborate...
Reviewed by David Fallows in issue: 3/1988
Dvorák/Smetana Works for Violin & Piano
Itzhak Perlman | Samuel Sanders
EMI haven't exactly been over-generous with the playing time on this CD—40 minutes of music is not good value for...
Reviewed by James Methuen-Campbell in issue: 10/1986
Soile Isokoski & Maria Viitasalo
Marita Viitasalo | Soile Isokoski
This BBC lunchtime recital effectively combines the native and foreign talents of a singer whose technique and intelligence have shone...
Reviewed by Mike Ashman in issue: 11/2006
Casals plays Works for Cello and Orchestra
It is a pity for Philips that the Julian Lloyd Webber version, recorded in Prague last year, was not ready,...
Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 5/1989
Prokofiev Romeo and Juliet
London Symphony Orchestra | Valery Gergiev
Although Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet is not through-composed in the manner of Stravinsky, it gains in stature when heard in...
Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 3/2010
Brahms Violin Sonatas
Itzhak Perlman | Vladimir Ashkenazy
This CD is compiled from a two-LP set that also included four Hungarian Dances and the C minor Scherzo movement....
Reviewed by James Methuen-Campbell in issue: 2/1987
Dvorak String Quartets
Given that they’re so infrequently performed in concert, Dvorák’s string quartets have done rather well on the recording front. These...
Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 13/2010
Dvorák Piano and Cello Concertos
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra | Jirí Belohlávek | Jirí Kout | Martin Kasík
This two-disc package (including short, PC-compatible promotional films) offers a splendid showcase for two outstanding young Czech artists. Jirí Bárta...
Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 1/2005
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