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PROKOFIEV Ten Pieces from Romeo and Juliet (Dzmitry Ulasiuk)
Dzmitry Ulasiuk is young pianist based in Forth Worth, Texas, with numerous competition prizes to his credit, and, more importantly,...
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: AW2019
Alexander Ghindin plays Rachmaninov, Stravinsky & Tchaikovsky
Alexander Ghindin’s novel debut album (Ondine) consisted of Rachmaninov’s First and Fourth Concertos partnered by Ashkenazy and given in their...
Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 01/2013
Russian Dances
Kazuki Yamada | Suisse Romande Orchestra
Swans, footballers and a baby elephant make for an unusual ballet troupe on this disc of Russian dances. The Orchestre...
Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: 04/2016
DVOŘÁK Symphonic Variations. Slavonic Rhapsodies
Jakub Hrusa | PKF Prague Philharmonia
Jakub Hrůša considers himself literally blessed to experience, love and transmit Dvořák’s work. The Czech conductor tells us so himself...
Reviewed by Hannah Nepil in issue: 01/2017
Chopin; Mussorgsky; Scriabin - Vocal Works
One of the very few genuine contraltos among today’s leading singers, Podle´s sounds here much more truly in her element...
Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 4/2004
The Two Pianos
Andrei Pisarev | Pavel Nersessian
The juxtaposition of Russian and French music, of Rachmaninov with Dukas, Debussy and Bizet, could hardly be more stimulating. Yet...
Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 3/1999
Rachmaninoff Symphony 2 & Vocalise
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra | Jesús López-Cobos
For concertgoers of my generation, Rachman-inov’s Second Symphony was off the musical map until the early 1970s. Paul Kletzki was...
Reviewed in issue 8/2001
Hee-Young Lim: Russian Cello Sonatas
Hee-Young Lim | Nathalia Milstein
Old-school musicologists may scoff but these exceptionally melodic sonatas are now among the most frequently played of their kind. Not...
Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 08/2020
Dances to a Black Pipe
Australian Chamber Orchestra | Martin Fröst | Richard Tognetti
There may be works by Brahms, Copland and Piazzolla here but almost every piece is a novelty in Martin Fröst’s...
Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 03/2012
The Young Shura Cherkassky
Marcel Hubert | Shura Cherkassky
As a disc to go out and buy, this is surely for specialist collectors and ex-groupies only. Other admirers of...
Reviewed by Stephen Plaistow in issue: 10/1996
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