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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
RACHMANINOV Symphony No 2
Tadaaki Otaka is a Rachmaninov interpreter of no mean experience and insight – I for one recall with pleasure his...
Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 10/2012
Hi-Fi, Books, Reissues & Archive Reviews
Review - Christoph von Dohnányi in Cleveland
Jed Distler hails a desirable box-set documenting the maestro’s 18-year tenure in Ohio
Review - Eloquence’s Piano Library
Jeremy Nicholas browses through two collections of keyboard treasures
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Speakers with onboard amplification make plenty of sense if you want high performance without all...
Review - Sergei Rachmaninoff: In His Own Words (Edited by Geoffrey Norris)
‘This is an altogether absorbing volume, as valuable and enlightening as it is original and...
Review - Audiolab 9000N: ‘A major achievement on many levels’
This flagship player eschews the technology of the company’s other models for a clean sheet...
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