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Stokowski Symphonic Transcriptions
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra | José Serebrier
Stokowski’s orchestrations, as flamboyant and full of flair as his interpretations as a conductor, have increasingly been accepted and welcomed...
Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 13/2005
Russian Arias, Vol. 1
Ambrosian Opera Chorus | Gennady Rozhdestvensky | Philharmonia Orchestra | Sergei Larin
At just over 40, Larin, now in his prime, is surely the best of the ‘new’ tenors. Since he has...
Reviewed in issue 5/1998
Souvenirs
Itamar Golan | Kyung Wha Chung
Chung dispatches her 19 souvenirs with endearing candour and a refreshing lack of affectation. Dvorak’s Humoresque is served in Wilhemj’s...
Reviewed in issue 11/1999
The Virtuoso Cello
Felix Schmidt is a young cellist whose playing I have regularly enjoyed in concert and recital. This collection of cello...
Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 1/1989
Virtuoso Piano Transcriptions
On this record Earl Wild celebrates his eightieth birthday in inimitable style. Letting down his snow white hair he thunders...
Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 12/1995
(The) Lost Piano Concerto of Pavel Pabst
Belarusian State Academic Symphony Orchestra | Marius Stravinsky | Panagiotis Trochopoulos
Eugene Pabst’s Piano Concerto received its premiere in 1885 under Anton Rubinstein, with the composer as soloist. Yet despite such...
Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 8/2007
Horowitz at the Met
The exceptional dynamic extremes of Horowitz's playing make him a good test of CD. There is here not the slightest...
Reviewed in issue 6/1984
(The) Russian Piano Tradition: Flier
Konstantin Igumnov | Yakov Flier
APR’s “The Russian Piano Tradition” offers an invaluable artist-led insight into the work of major pianists in Russia’s golden musical...
Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 1/2008
Tenebrae: Russian Treasures
Like buses, CD releases often come in batches. No sooner had the sound of Conspirare’s low basses stopped reverberating after...
Reviewed by Alexandra Coghlan in issue: 04/2014
Dvorák Slavonic Dances
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra | Václav Neumann
Pure enjoyment. Recorded in the House of Artists, Prague in 1985, one wonders why this disc has taken so long...
Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 8/1990
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