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Albrecht Mayer: Lost and Found

If Mozart and Haydn have long been established as the dominant Viennese figures of the 1780s, it is always fascinating...

Reviewed by Geoffrey Norris in issue: 11/2014

CHOPIN; TCHIAKOVSKY; PROKOFIEV; LISZT Piano Concertos

These recordings of live broadcasts dating from 1968 79 tell us in no uncertain terms of Nelson Freire’s immaculate overall...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 11/2014

ZIMMERMANN Alagoana. Photoptosis

That’s a digger on the cover of this CD, but not just any digger. Look closely and you’ll see caterpillar...

Reviewed by Philip Clark in issue: 11/2014

B TCHAIKOVSKY War Suite

Boris Tchaikovsky (no relation) is hardly top of anyone’s hit parade but that soft spot I have for his music...

Reviewed by Philip Clark in issue: 11/2014

TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No 6

By the time you read this, Philippe Jordan (son of the much-missed Armin) will have taken up the reins as...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 11/2014

STRAUSS Don Juan. Four Last Songs

These performances add to the impressive array of repertoire combined with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra’s mix of versatility and excellence...

Reviewed by Geoffrey Norris in issue: 11/2014

SHOSTAKOVICH Symphonies 6 & 14

It is 10 years since Vladimir Jurowski previously recorded Shostakovich’s Sixth with the indigenous musicians of the Russian National Orchestra...

Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 11/2014

SHOSTAKOVICH Violin Concertos

Christian Tetzlaff may be the only front-ranking soloist to have recorded all Sibelius’s output for violin and orchestra but then...

Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 11/2014

ROSSINI Overtures

This is a curious anthology. The performances of the two early overtures La scala di seta and Il Signor Bruschino...

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue:

RACHMANINOV Piano Concerto No 2 RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Scheherezade

One of the particular pleasures of this filmed concert is watching the avuncular maestro Yuri Temirkanov direct a group of...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 11/2014

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