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Piano Transcriptions

It was a brave idea to record this CD; of the nine transcriptions, four of them are completely unfamiliar and...

Reviewed by James Methuen-Campbell in issue: 10/1987

Rota Film Scores; Concerto Soirée for Piano & Orchestra

This lavishly packaged CD – a hardback book runs to some 80 pages in four languages with three separate background...

Reviewed by Adrian Edwards in issue: 7/2005

Simply Baroque

My heart sank when I saw this CD, but my spirits soared as soon as I played it. Sony’s title...

Reviewed in issue 5/1999

Liszt Beethoven's 5th Transcription

Much the same comments apply to Paul Berkowitz's Schubert C minor Sonata as to his recording of the A major,...

Reviewed in issue 11/1987

Sawer From Morning to Midnight - Symphonic Suite

David Sawer is now in his mid-forties, and this disc charts aspects of his stylistic development since the mid-1990s. The...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 4/2007

Mozart Arias

This disc confirms my belief that Kasarova is the most exciting young singer on the international scene. Being the questing,...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 9/1997

A Simple Plan Original Soundtrack

For the last five years Danny Elfman has been developing a new style, a step beyond the cartoon-ish ‘Elfmanesque’ antics...

Reviewed in issue 5/1999

Classical Trumpet Concertos

No sooner had I reviewed a collection of German trumpet concertos on Capriccio (see above) and welcomed an outstanding East...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 12/1987

Trio Sonata Concert Ensemble

It seems odd to think that, with several complete cycles on the market of Hindemith’s sonatas for viola with and...

Reviewed in issue 8/1996

Danzón

In selecting works by Mexican, Brazilian and Cuban composers for their ‘rhythmic essence and passion’, the young Canadian guest conductor...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 3/1999

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