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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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'The forensic study of Monteverdi’s madrigals bears ripe fruit from four decades of philological...
Jed Distler delves into a massive collection focusing on the conductor’s later discography
Richard Whitehouse on a collection taking in the London Sinfonietta’s 1970s recordings
'A veritable treasure trove for enthusiasts'
Rob Cowan on three collections of vintage recorded performances
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