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Rachmaninov (24) Preludes
At a recent London exhibition of the work of New Yorker cartoonist Saul Steinberg the highlight was a remarkable 10...
Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 6/2009
Beethoven Diabelli Variations
An excessively dry acoustic is always a challenge for a pianist, since it enables every tiniest detail to be scrutinized....
Reviewed in issue 1/1990
Messiaen Organ Works
Messiaen declared the Bate version of La nativite truly perfect. The enchantment I found in this recording is further enhanced...
Reviewed in issue 2/1988
Complete Leopold Godowsky, Vol 3
This third and final volume is devoted to Godowsky’s (electrical) Brunswick recordings (1925-26), all 16 of which are the typical...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 11/2007
Handel Concerti grossi, Op. 3
(The) English Concert | Trevor Pinnock
Handel's six Concerti grossi, Op. 3 were published by Walsh in London in 1734. Most of the material, however, had...
Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 3/1985
Järvlepp Garbage Concerto & Kalnins Symphony No. 4, 'Rock'
Kroumata Percussion Ensemble | Lan Shui | Singapore Symphony Orchestra
‘You can lose your liberty and get it back again, but you cannot live without love.’ The sentiments are those...
Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 9/2000
Rachmaninov Symphony 1 & Etudes-tableaux
Russian Symphony Orchestra | Valéry Polyansky
It is difficult to summon up enormous enthusiasm for this release when the market is so overstuffed with fine recordings...
Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 12/2001
Buxtehude Trio Sonatas
Trio Sonnerie have chosen five of the 14 sonatas by Buxtehude from the 1690s to demonstrate their considerable fluency and...
Reviewed in issue 9/1987
Bach Preludes and Fugues
If you prefer Bach on the piano served up in heaping Romantic portions, accompanied by dollops of creamy tone, tapered...
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 7/2009
French music for violin and orchestra
Arthur Grumiaux | Lamoureux Concerts Orchestra | Manuel Rosenthal
The programme makes something pretty close to ideal listening: first the Lalo; easy going music of the first quality with...
Reviewed in issue 3/1987
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