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Brahms Symphony No 2; Hungarian Dances

This is a late-summer idyll of a performance, easily paced, nicely judged and warmly played. For first-time buyers it will...

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 1/2006

Pärt; Silvestrov; Ustvolskaya Misterioso

Misterioso indeed. And it is not just Valentin Silvestrov’s eponymous work that emanates that quality. His Violin Sonata, part of...

Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 13/2006

London Chamber Orchestra plays Rossini, Mozart and Beethoven

The chuckling, chattering overture to Rossini’s early farsa comica launches an agreeable, if rather random, assortment of items culled from...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 10/2010

The Age of Bel Canto

From Mozart to Bernstein is an eclectic repertoire and there is no obvious reason why Jerry Hadley should not add...

Reviewed in issue 1/1996

Les introuvables de Jacqueline du Pré

As the title suggests, this fine six-disc retrospective of Jacqueline du Pre's recording career—a mere ten years long—was master-minded by...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 8/1994

Messiaen/Ives Works for two pianos

Conscientiously prepared recordings of Messiaen's two-piano devotional extravaganza continue to appear. I don't mean to damn with faint praise—to prepare...

Reviewed in issue 5/1993

Ave Virgo

Looking down the listed programme – Duruflé following Palestrina, Brahms followed by Byrd – it all seems rather a hotchpotch,...

Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 12/2009

Medtner Piano Concerto No. 2; Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 4

This richly enterprising programme couples Rachmaninov’s 1926 version of his Fourth Piano Concerto with Medtner’s Second, works which both composers...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 2/2010

(The) Russian Piano Tradition: Flier

APR’s “The Russian Piano Tradition” offers an invaluable artist-led insight into the work of major pianists in Russia’s golden musical...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 1/2008

Mahler Symphony No 2

Comparisons need to be very select for this performance. When the CD appears will be the time to compare the...

Reviewed in issue 10/1987

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