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Sviatoslav Richter - Recital
Recorded live at Richter’s beloved Aldeburgh in 1966‚ this BBC Legends issue shows an incomparable pianist at the height of...
Reviewed in issue 6/2002
MULLER Antillean Dances (Louise Bessette)
A native of Curaçao in the Netherlands Antilles, Wim Statius Muller (1930-2019) studied piano and composition with Josef Raieff at...
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 01/2022
Natalie Clein - (The) Romantic Cello
Both sonatas can suffer in performance from a sense of imbalance – these great pianist-composers wrote elaborate parts that in...
Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 11/2006
SCHUMANN Kreisleriana. Symphonic Studies
Nelson Goerner presents some of Schumann’s wildest children in this finely recorded recital, beginning with the mighty Etudes symphoniques. Beauty...
Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 01/2015
Great Pianists of the 20th Century - Van Cliburn
Kyrill Kondrashin | RCA Symphony Orchestra | Symphony of the Air (New York) | Van Cliburn
There are many strong candidates for inclusion in a Van Cliburn retrospective such as this; but the Rachmaninov/Tchaikovsky conjunction is...
Reviewed in issue 1/1999
Aldo Ciccolini - Hommage to Debussy
Aldo Ciccolini | Ernesto Barbini | Orchestre symphonique de Radio-Canada
These two discs serve as a welcome reminder of the art of this distinguished Italian-born pianist who celebrated his 80th...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 12/2005
Brian Aswa - Vocalise
Academy of St Martin in the Fields | Brian Asawa | Neville Marriner
A lot will depend on your reaction to Brian Asawa’s voice: it is high, light and sweet, and is produced...
Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 2/1999
BENNETT Old American Dances
Clark Rundell | Mark Heron | Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orchestra
Richard Rodgers liked to tell a story about a Broadway arranger who insisted that he was at least 50 per...
Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 12/2016
Kerson Leong: Bis - Music for Violin and Piano
Hot on the heels of the astonishing Leonidas Kavakos and his unfashionable programme of violin encores (Decca, 6/16) comes a...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 07/2016
WEINBERGER Bohemian Songs & Dances. Passacaglia
Berlin German Symphony Orchestra | Gerd Albrecht | Jorg Strodthoff
The first significant point to strike home about this varied programme is the excellence of the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester’s playing under...
Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 09/2016
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