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Russian Cello Concertos
Bryden Thomson | London Philharmonic Orchestra | Raphael Wallfisch
The real surprise here is the Kabalevsky. In the past I've found getting to know Kabalevsky more of a duty...
Reviewed by Stephen Johnson in issue: 6/1988
Mozart Don Giovanni
This set has to be listened to with the ear of faith, but that faith will be amply rewarded. Here...
Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 1/1990
Tchaikovsky The Nutcracker (highlights)
Aleksandr Kopilov | Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra
Handel has the lion's share in this enjoyable mixed bag of arias, sacred and secular, well and less-well known, and...
Reviewed by John Duarte in issue: 8/1988
Schoeck Works for Horn and Orchestra
Best known for his wonderful songs, which number over 300, and his operas, Schoeck composed comparatively little pure instrumental music...
Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 2/1997
German Opera Arias-Kiri Te Kanawa
Julius Rudel | Kiri Te Kanawa | Philharmonia Orchestra
This makes such a lovely beginning that one is doubly loath to report eventual disappointment. The arias from Der Freischutz...
Reviewed in issue 11/1997
Franck Organ Works
This ‘spiritual journey’ could not be piloted by a more sympathetic guide than Olivier Latry, titulaire at Notre-Dame, Paris. He...
Reviewed by Malcolm Riley in issue: 12/2005
Bartók Concerto for Orchestra; The Miraculous Mandarin
(Royal) Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam | Riccardo Chailly
No one dispenses musical decadence as exquisitely as Riccardo Chailly. In The Miraculous Mandarin‚ at the point where the hapless...
Reviewed in issue 1/2002
Du Mont Motets en dialogue
(Les) Talens Lyriques | Christophe Rousset
Henry Du Mont was an organist and composer who held a succession of important court appointments in France during the...
Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 9/1993
Sibelius: Early Chamber Works
Erik T Tawaststjerna | Sibelius Academy Qt | Sibelius Academy Quartet | Tapiola Trio
In his youth Sibelius was a keen chamber music player and formed a family piano trio with his brother Christian...
Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 7/1990
Pavel Lisitian (born 1911)
Even today the true stature of Lisitsian has not been fully acknowledged (for instance he doesn't get a mention even...
Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 8/1993
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