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Shura Cherkassky - Recital

This year marks the centenary of the birth of Shura Cherkassky (he died in 1995). These two releases are timely...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 8/2009

Rouse Violin Concerto; Rapture; (Der) gerettete Alberich

Christopher Rouse (b1949) is one of the more genuinely individual composers working in today’s American mainstream. Having incorporated elements of...

Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 6/2004

Brahms Symphony No. 1

These two new versions of a much-recorded symphony could hardly be more sharply contrasted. Where Kondrashin's live recording made on...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 6/1984

Janacek/Zemlinsky/Korngold

The foundations for Janacek’s Glagolitic Mass go down deep into old Slavonia. The churches and cathedrals have not yet been...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 1/1999

Vieuxtemps Complete Violin Concertos

Now relegated by the dictates of musical fashion and Wagnerian hegemony to brief or absent entries in reference books, Henri...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 10/2011

Mozart String Quintets, Vol. 2

The particular quality of the textures in Mozart's late chamber music—contrapuntal isn't quite the word for it, as it goes...

Reviewed by Stanley Sadie in issue: 2/1994

Gershwin Gold

A new recording of the original Grofe scoring of Rhapsody in B1ue, made for the first performance with Paul Whiteman's...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 9/1987

Sibelius Symphonies Nos 4 & 5

As the principal exporter of a steady stream of distinguished conductors, Finland has much to be proud of. The wonder...

Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 3/2011

Walton Gramophone premières

Harty was responsible for two premieres of the Walton First Symphony. He conducted the unfinished version comprising three movements in...

Reviewed in issue 12/1993

J.C.Bach: Chamber Works

This is an enchanting programme of chamber music by the youngest son of J. S. Bach, Johann Christian. Two of...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 5/1988

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