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Grainger Piano Works, Vol. 2
For lovers of flamboyant pianism this disc will be as enjoyable as Martin Jones's earlier Grainger collection (Nimbus (CD) NI5220,...
Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 7/1990
Works for piano and orchestra
Peter Jablonski | Raymond Simmons | Royal Philharmonic Orchestra | Vladimir Ashkenazy
Ashkenazy's 20-year-old Swedish protege proves worthy of the maestro's patronage. On the evidence of this disc he is a well-balanced...
Reviewed in issue 12/1992
Simon Barere - Live at Carnegie Hall, Vol 5
(Anonymous) Orchestra | Antonia Brico | Simon Barere
The fifth and final volume of Simon Barere’s live Carnegie Hall performances includes a fascinating, typically vertiginous performance of Rachmaninov’s...
Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 1/2006
Grand Russian
The best performances of Tchaikovsky’s sometimes rambling and pianistically unwieldy G major Sonata project the music in symphonic terms, with...
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 12/2018
Cecile Licad: American Dances
The fifth volume of Cecile Licad’s ‘Anthology of American Piano Music’ offers an intriguingly curated programme focusing upon dance. Amy...
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 09/2023
SMETANA Swedish Symphonic Poems (Svárovský)
Leos Svárovský | Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra
Time was, about three decades back, that you knew what you were getting with a Naxos disc. You wouldn’t necessarily...
Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 05/2019
Bruckner Chamber Works
(L')Archibudelli | Corydon Singers | Matthew Best
''Bruckner is long, he takes time'', says Anner Bylsma in an interview on page 16; not exactly controversial, but it...
Reviewed by Stephen Johnson in issue: 3/1995
Van Cliburn in Moscow, Volume 1
Kyrill Kondrashin | Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra | Van Cliburn
It is hard to believe that Van Cliburn is 60. Yet it is already 36 years since that unique triumph...
Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 2/1995
Dvorák Slavonic Dances
Claire Désert | Emmanuel Strosser
Anyone who has played Dvorák’s Slavonic Dances in the original version for piano duet will know what a delight they...
Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 13/2007
Liszt Symphonic Poems, Vol 1
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra | Gianandrea Noseda
Volume 1 of Liszt’s complete symphonic poems augurs well for the future. Gianandrea Noseda and the BBC Philharmonic remind you...
Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 10/2005
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