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Shostakovich Symphony No 7

Valery Gergiev’s approach to Shostakovich’s most notorious symphony seems to be to let the drama take care of itself and...

Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 7/2003

Treasury of Polish Songs

This rich and rewarding recital makes out a good case for better knowledge of Polish song in the West. Even...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 10/1999

Palestrina Masses and Motets

The principal virtue of this release is to introduce Palestrina's relatively little-known Mass Lauda Sion to the CD catalogue on...

Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 10/1994

Beethoven & Brahms Triple & Double Concertos

The Beethoven Triple and the Brahms Double make a very satisfactory coupling, and CBS have already harnessed the two works...

Reviewed in issue 12/1990

Haydn Die Schöpfung

This new Creation, taped, like all Bruggen’s recent recordings, at a public concert, certainly has its points. But too often...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 5/1996

Reich New York Counterpoint. Eight Lines. Four Organs

By reallocating the four Bang on a Can performances included in ‘Steve Reich: Works 1965-1995’ onto a single CD, Nonesuch...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: /2000

Rachmaninov Works for Piano & Orchestra

Everything Howard Shelley does here is intelligent, shapely and sensitive, and a good deal of careful thought has gone into...

Reviewed in issue 4/1991

Dvorák. Saint-Saëns Cello Concertos

These live performances give a vivid impression of Du Pre’s spontaneity. There’s a feeling of living the music as it...

Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 1/2001

Beethoven Piano Trios

Trio Zingara's most widely heard recording to date has been a version of Beethoven's Triple Concerto, under the baton of...

Reviewed by Stephen Johnson in issue: 5/1990

Rachmaninov/Shostakovich Cello Sonatas

Daniil Shafran is one of the century’s most fiercely individualistic instrumentalists, a formidable technician whose recital appearances (rare though they...

Reviewed in issue 10/1996

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