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Great Pianists of the 20th Century - Maria Yudina
Her overtly spiritual manner, uncompromising repertoire and refusal to kowtow to authority gave Maria Yudina a saintly aura unique in...
Reviewed in issue 5/1999
Telemann Fantasias for Solo Violin
Andrew Manze | Caroline Balding
The attraction of unaccompanied works such as these to performers in the mould of Maya Homburger, Peter Sheppard and Andrew...
Reviewed by Jonathan Freeman-Attwood in issue: 6/1996
Italian Songs, Volume 1-Bellini
Dennis O'Neill | Ingrid Surgenor
This is announced as the first volume in a new series of discs devoted to Italian song, and there could...
Reviewed in issue 9/1997
Schumann String Quartets, Nos 1 & 3
When JOC reviewed the Lark Quartet’s Arabesque coupling of these two works back in March 1997 she remarked that the...
Reviewed in issue 5/1999
Ravel Vocal & Orchestral Works
Arleen Augér | Libor Pesek | Philharmonia Orchestra
At opposite interpretative poles in Sheherazade are Suzanne Danco (1954 Decca Historic) and Maria Ewing (1989 EMI): the former with...
Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 3/1993
Moeran/Finzi Orchestral Works
Northern Sinfonia | Richard Hickox
Moeran's Serenade from 1948 (his last orchestral piece) makes a delightful impression here. Hickox, of course, gives us Moeran's score...
Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 8/1994
R. Strauss Orchestral Works
Seiji Ozawa | Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
I thought at first that we might have a winner here. The opening paragraph of the main work is beautifully...
Reviewed in issue 10/1997
Beethoven/Brahms/Weber Works for Cello & Piano
Solomon | Arthur Rubinstein | Gregor Piatigorsky
Performing chamber music successfully is all about compromise, ‘give and take’ and shared chemistry, and although Solomon and Gregor Piatigorsky...
Reviewed in issue 11/1999
Walton & Stravinsky: Vocal Works
It was high time that Walton's Facade entertainment was represented in the CD catalogue and musically at least this completely...
Reviewed in issue 7/1989
Piston Symphonies 5, 7 & 8
Jorge Mester | Louisville Orchestra | Robert Whitney
Walter Piston composed his Fifth Symphony in 1954, at the age of 60, to a formula found in the two...
Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 4/1989
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