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Review of Brahms Piano Concerto No.1

Brahms Piano Concerto No.1

Richard Osborne described this Zimerman/Bernstein account of Brahm's First Concerto as ''narcissistic, so intolerably self-regarding'' although he also found the...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 5/1986

Review of Veronika Ilinskaya

Veronika Ilinskaya

This unusual programme couples the Scriabin Concerto with solo piano music by Medtner and Prokofiev. Medtner was as scornful as...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 7/2010

Review of Harper Miracles

Harper Miracles

Two sides of Edward Harper, now in his mid-sixties, emerge from this disc. In the main and most recent work,...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 7/2008

Review of Tansman Symphonies Nos 2 & 3

Tansman Symphonies Nos 2 & 3

Symphony-lite was something of a French speciality in the 1920s. And as an adopted Parisian, Polish-born Alexandre Tansman helped to...

Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 11/2008

Review of Valls/Biber Masses

Valls/Biber Masses

Gustav Leonhardt has chosen here two works of outstanding originality. From 1696 Fransisco Valls was choirmaster at Barcelona Cathedral, retiring...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 8/1993

Review of Villa-Lobos: String Quartets

Villa-Lobos: String Quartets

Large claims have been made for Villa-Lobos's 17 string quartets. Grove states that they ''show the full extent of his...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 9/1988

Review of Mozart Zaide

Mozart Zaide

Zaide is far too good a work to lie forgotten but is a difficult one to revive. Mozart, seeing no...

Reviewed by Stanley Sadie in issue: 5/1991

Review of Haydn Symphonies Nos. 94 & 96

Haydn Symphonies Nos. 94 & 96

Both the symphonies on this record were performed in 1791 during Haydn's stay in London. They are similarly scored for...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 11/1985

Review of Rameau Orchestral Suites

Rameau Orchestral Suites

Recordings of Rameau orchestral suites have been appearing for as long as those of the complete operas they are taken...

Reviewed in issue 11/2001

Review of Shostakovich Piano & Trumpet Concerto; Symphony No 12

Shostakovich Piano & Trumpet Concerto; Symphony No 12

This is awkwardly coupled, German-accented Shostakovich at super-bargain price. The Concerto starts very well, and even if the pianist puts...

Reviewed in issue 11/1999


 

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