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Guridi Orchestral Works

Naxos’s Spanish Classics series gets ever moreirresistible. Diez melodías vascas by Jesús Guridi (1886-1961) ranks as the classic Basque orchestral...

Reviewed by Andrew Lamb in issue: 6/2003

Scriabin Symphony No 2; Piano Concerto

Vladimir Ashkenazy completes his Scriabin symphony cycle (previous issues were reviewed in 11/91 and 1/96) with a vigorous if somewhat...

Reviewed in issue 6/1997

Chopin Complete Waltzes

Valentina Igoshina is a young Russian pianist who has won many prizes on the competition circuit. For her second CD...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 10/2008

Jorge Bolet plays Liszt

As arranged by Liszt for piano and orchestra, Schubert's Wanderer Fantasy was conspicuous by its absence from the CD catalogue....

Reviewed by Joan Chissell in issue: 2/1990

Contemporary Music for Soprano and Cello

Dorothy Dorow can be relied upon to shun familiar paths and well-beaten tracks. Her new record consists mainly, if not...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 4/1990

Rossini Petite Messe Solennelle

Fitting the Petite messe solennelle on to a single CD may seem an attractive idea though in this instance it...

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 12/1988

Beethoven Symphonies

Level-headed, unfussy conducting, backed by sophisticated orchestral playing and engineering. However, there's most assuredly more to these masterpieces than Marriner...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 7/1993

Italian Harpsichord Works

Fleetness of finger, on which these early Italians (like their opposite numbers, the English virginalists) set much store, is a...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 9/1997

German Romantic Partsongs

The 'Hilliard sound'—''specific, identifiable'', in the words of Paul Hillier, so familiar in past recordings in areas far removed from...

Reviewed by mberry in issue: 2/1991

Stravinsky Firebird; Perséphone

On the face of it, an odd compilation. Why issue one of Stravinsky’s least-known ballets in harness with two of...

Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 4/1999

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