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Great Pianists of the 20th Century - Alexis Weissenberg
Alexis Weissenberg is the ultimate shaker and mover of pianists, a Tamburlaine of the keyboard who deploys his force and...
Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 2/1999
Bizet Orchestral Works
Most CD catalogue numbers these days are international, but EMI's Great Recordings of the Century are a rare exception. For...
Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 5/2000
Memories of Love
Galina Gorchakova | Larissa Gergieva
“Memories of Love”, not songs of present love; that is to say, the mood of this collection is almost entirely...
Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 12/1997
Stravinsky Les Noces
Disregard everything you’ve heard in recent years – pro or contra – about reproducing pianos: this is something quite different...
Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 10/1999
BEETHOVEN Violin Concerto
David Garrett | Ion Marin | Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
The idea of pairing the Beethoven Concerto with Fritz Kreisler’s music is a fine one; Kreisler was, after all, a...
Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 05/2012
STRAUSS Alpensinfonie. Symphonic Fantasy on Die Frau ohne Schatten
Frank Shipway | São Paulo Symphony Orchestra
A dramatic case of fire and ice if ever there was one. The São Paulo SO, sagely conducted by Frank...
Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 01/2013
Great Pianists of the 20th Century - Zoltán Kocsis
Budapest Festival Orchestra | Edo de Waart | San Francisco Symphony Orchestra | Zoltán Kocsis
As a pianist, Zoltan Kocsis (who is also a conductor, composer and musicologist) is at once fastidious, interpretatively innovative and...
Reviewed in issue 7/1999
(A) Night at the Opera
Were there a Gramophone award for industriousness, Anthony Goldstone would win a nomination at least. Scarcely a month seems to...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 13/2008
Russian Recital at the Wigmore Hall
Inessa Galante | Roger Vignoles
Ever since her debut recital five years ago, which AB hailed as ‘one of the most exciting ... from any...
Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 2/2001
Dvorák Slavonic Dances, Opp 46 & 72
Neeme Järvi | Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Neeme Jarvi plays the Slavonic Dances complete, bringing him into direct comparison with Rafael Kubelik's splendid old DG set with...
Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 5/1986
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