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RACHMANINOV Piano Sonatas Nos 1, Op 28 & No 2, Op 36

If, like me, you feel that Rachmaninov’s First Sonata doesn’t quite stack up, Nikolai Lugansky’s account may just cause you...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 12/2012

MUSSORGSKY Pictures at an Exhibition (piano)

Two new recordings of Pictures at an Exhibition offer differing perspectives of Mussorgsky’s frequently traipsed gallery. Generally Bilin´ska favours fast...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 12/2012

KURTAG Signs, Games and Messages LIGETI Solo Viola Sonata

Hindemith is the viola composer par excellence for the 20th century but others took up the mantle, not least in...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 11/2012

MARENZIO Primo libro di madrigali

La Compagnia del Madrigale is a new ensemble initiated by Rossana Bertini (soprano), Giuseppe Maletto (tenor) and Daniele Carnovich (bass),...

Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 10/2013

Charles Koechlin: Magicien Orchestrateur

This is the 12th volume in Hänssler Classic’s estimable series devoted to Charles Koechlin, the sixth involving Holliger as conductor....

Reviewed in issue 10/2012

SUK Asrael Symphony BRITTEN Sinfonia de Requiem

A cursory glance at the timings might suggest that Ji∑í Bělohlávek’s wonderfully unforced view of Suk’s towering Asrael has changed...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 10/2012

SMETANA Má Vlast

The double significance of this rather special Má vlast is that it marks both the 200th anniversary of the Prague...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 10/2012

SERVAIS Cello Concertos

François Servais (1807-66) was an outstanding cellist and, like every virtuoso of his time, composed a large part of his...

Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 10/2012

SCHUBERT Symphonies Nos 3 & 7

If you like your early Schubert lean of tone and impetuous of spirit, you should enjoy the Potsdam Kammerakademie in...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 10/2012

SCHOENBERG Pelleas und Melisande Op 5. Erwartung Op 17

Hearing this pair of compositions one after the other underlines just how far Schoenberg travelled in matters of style and...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 10/2012

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