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Schumann: Piano Works
Though Dalberto has competition in the two bigger works in the Blumenstuck the CD field is all his own. Like...
Reviewed by Joan Chissell in issue: 6/1988
Fischer-Dieskau - Opera Scenes 1965-1976
This won’t do for the all-or-nothing people, those who complain of bleeding chunks and defend the inviolable integrity of an...
Reviewed in issue 5/2001
Music for Two Flutes
A modest record of little-known music with f ew, if any, pretensions to greatness and played on 'contemporary' instruments. The...
Reviewed in issue 5/1984
Heneghan Walking the Wild Rhondda; Lawson Celtic Fanfares
Heneghan & Lawson Virtual Orchestra
These performances were constructed, using samples and sequencers, from huge numbers of computer-stored digital recordings of every orchestral instrument’s complete...
Reviewed by bwitherden in issue: 10/2003
Dvorák Requiem
The present version of Dvorak’s Requiem has undergone various transformations, from the original issue in a handsomely boxed set of...
Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 11/1996
Ravel: Orchestral Works
Jean Martinon | Orchestre de Paris
One selection has already been extracted from Martinon's original five-record set of Ravel's complete orchestral music (12/88), but this skims...
Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 4/1989
Shostakovich Cherry Town
Like The Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk a quarter of a century earlier, Shostakovich’s one and only musical was a hit....
Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 9/2007
Famous Spanish Dances for 2 Guitars
As JD commented of the LP, the performances here are restrained, though not without atmosphere. The recording too is very...
Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 9/1984
Saint-Saens Piano Quartets
Saint-Saëns is so well known nowadays for his symphonies, concertos and orchestral works that it is easy to overlook his...
Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 10/2009
Sibelius Symphony No 5
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra | Sakari Oramo
Having hugely enjoyed the stimulating first instalment in Sakari Oramo’s new Sibelius symphony cycle with the CBSO for Erato (Nos...
Reviewed in issue 13/2001
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