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Brahms: Orchestral Works

I very much enjoyed Slatkin's performance of the Second Serenade. He approaches the work in a very relaxed, straightforward fashion,...

Reviewed in issue 8/1990

Grieg/Rachmaninov Cello and Piano Works

For me the problem with Timothy Hugh's playing is that he tends to over-project the music to such a degree...

Reviewed by James Methuen-Campbell in issue: 2/1994

Bellini Norma

''Norma cometh'' sing the Druids in the old English translation. Her appearances used to be rare events indeed, but nowadays...

Reviewed in issue 7/1988

Mendelssohn Piano Trios Nos 1 & 2

For the moment the Borodins have the field to themselves on CD. Recorded in what is obviously a very resonant...

Reviewed by Joan Chissell in issue: 8/1986

Bridge String Quartets Nos 1 and 3

Even judged by the high standards of previous Maggini/Naxos offerings, this is an exceptionally fine disc. If you don’t know...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 10/2003

Brahms Violin Sonatas

Polish-born violinist Nicolas Chumachenco was raised in Argentina and attended masterclasses with Heifetz before graduating in 1967 and settling in...

Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 4/1996

Weber Der Freischütz

With seven other versions of Der Freischutz in the lists, some of them excellent (and listed above), a new one...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 11/1996

Vivaldi: Concertos

If this programme has a binding medium it is variety; no two of the concertos deploy the same front-line instrumentation....

Reviewed by John Duarte in issue: 4/1989

Schnittke Choral Concerto. Requiem

Had Alfred Schnittke’s Concerto for Choir been written in 1975 rather than ’85, it would have necessarily been a different...

Reviewed by Philip_Clark in issue: 7/2009

Tito Beltrám - A Tenor at the Movies

I don’t know at what time you might be able to catch a Mario Lanza movie on TV these days...

Reviewed in issue 8/1999

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