Review - Paavo Järvi : The Complete Erato Recordings
Andrew Mellor revisits recordings the prolific Estonian conductor made originally for Virgin
Of the great composers it was Schubert who devoted himself most seriously to the piano duet as an independent genre....
Reviewed in issue 12/1992
John Ireland's Piano Concerto had to wait 12 years for its premiere recording with Eileen Joyce, recently reissued in HMV's...
Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 1/1987
It has never been easy to find recordings of more than a few of Taneyev’s nine string quartets at any...
Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 12/2007
I readily admit to being moved to tears on first hearing this disc, and innumerable playings subsequently have not fully...
Reviewed by Marc Rochester in issue: 10/1997
Your reaction to this programme will depend very much on what you expect from it. If you're primarily in search...
Reviewed in issue 4/1995
A performance indication at the beginning of Granados’s Goyescas, one of the two main pillars of Spanish piano music (the...
Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 3/1996
Kvapil responds most vividly to the shorter pieces on this excellent record, the seventh volume in Unicorn-Kanchana's anthology of Czech...
Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 11/1995
At just over 40, Larin, now in his prime, is surely the best of the ‘new’ tenors. Since he has...
Reviewed in issue 5/1998
Ever since it was issued, just over ten years ago, the ealier Perlman record of these two concertos (also on...
Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 12/1984
A bargain in a million, albeit one that reflects two very different aspects of Richter's art. The concertos are strong,...
Reviewed in issue 11/1995
Andrew Mellor revisits recordings the prolific Estonian conductor made originally for Virgin
Lindsay Kemp welcomes a box of Baroque delights from the American conductor
'This is a treasure trove of information, thoroughly recommended'
The tabletop ‘music centre’ may be just a distant memory, but where do you start when you want to...
Tim Parry explores the legacy of Jorge Bolet’s Decca recordings
Rob Cowan on collections devoted to two pianists, a cellist and a composer
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