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Chopin Études; Nocturnes; Polonaise-Fantaisie
Judging from this 2009 Wigmore Hall recital, the decisive and absorbing interpretative profile that Nelson Goerner brought to his 1997...
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 11/2010
A Tribute to Evgeny Svetlanov
Evgeny Svetlanov was a giant among Soviet conductors. Formerly at the Bolshoi Theatre, from 1965 he was Principal Conductor of...
Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: 12/2016
Dvorák Slavonic Dances
John Farrer | Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Farrer's slow basic tempos for Dances Nos. 2-4 sent me scurrying for the score. It's unlikely that the speed at...
Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 3/1991
Koussevitzky conducts Russian music
Bernard Zighera | Boston Symphony Orchestra | Serge Koussevitzky
It is only recently that the recorded legacy of Serge Koussevitzky has been getting the attention it deserves and this...
Reviewed in issue 2/1997
Homelands (violin chamber works)
Oliver Schnyder | Rudens Turku
This was my first encounter with Albanian violinist Rudens Turku (who, according to the booklet, will be making his Carnegie...
Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 1/2011
Nadia Reisenberg: 110th Anniversary Tribute
Originally on Ivory Classics, this glorious two-CD album is now lavishly reissued to mark Nadia Reisenberg’s 110th anniversary. A voice...
Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 03/2015
À la mémoire d’un grand artiste
Ilona Then-Bergh | Michael Schäfer | Wen-Sinn Yang
Tchaikovsky started things off by writing his A minor Piano Trio as a musical memorial to Nikolay Rubinstein. Rachmaninov then...
Reviewed by Geoffrey Norris in issue: 01/2017
Poème Works for Violin and Piano
Gabriel Woolf | Lydia Mordkovitch | Marina Gusak-Grin
Of course a recital record must have a title for identification, for if it is successful there will likely follow...
Reviewed in issue 11/1990
Kathleen Battle at Carnegie Hall
Kathleen Battle | Margo Garrett
There is some exquisite singing here and a high degree of accomplishment in a varied repertoire. The occasion was clearly...
Reviewed in issue 7/1992
Scriabin (The) Complete Dances
Salle Wagram, Paris, was the venue for these recordings made 30 years ago over four days in July and October...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 9/2007
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