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Enescu/Shostakovich/Strauss Chamber Works

The earliest of the three works recorded here is the Octet by the Romanian Georges Enescu, which he wrote in...

Reviewed by rgolding in issue: 5/1993

Rodrigo Concertos

The coupling of Rodrigo's two guitar-and-orchestra works is a natural one that has often been made. Today's recording technology allows...

Reviewed by John Duarte in issue: 4/1990

Ezio Pinza Recital

Pinza's records have been held up over the years as the benchmark by which other basses in his chosen repertory...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 7/1991

Vienna State Opera Live, Vol.23

This, the penultimate volume of this huge venture opens with some desirable extracts from a 1943 Die Meistersinger, yet another...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 5/1996

Bruch Violin Concerto No 1; Brahms Double Concerto

Mordkovitch and Wallfisch play with a good deal of spirit and poetry in the Double Concerto and the recording captures...

Reviewed in issue 6/1989

Bonjour Paris

Those who favour the sultry, seductive side of French music will relish this disc. Others might hanker after a little...

Reviewed by Geoffrey Norris in issue: 6/2011

Prokofiev Choral & Orchestral Works

Two recordings of Alexander Nevsky come from Decca, one a reissue, but both offering very fine sound; indeed I am...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 12/1992

Debussy Boîte à Joujoux; Ravel Mother Goose

Debussy had a keen affinity with the fantasy world of children although, as we know from Children's Corner, it is...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 9/1989

Williams, J Star Wars, Episode 2 (OST)

Whatever you thought of The Phantom Menace as a cinematic achievement (to my considerable consternation‚ I found myself periodically nodding...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 8/2002

Brahms: Piano and Chamber Works

It's encouraging to see a young star pianist like Barry Douglas turning to chamber music so early in his career....

Reviewed by Stephen Johnson in issue: 12/1987

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