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(The) Art of Chopin

“The Art of Chopin”, a two-disc film made by Gérald Caillat, makes a fascinating contribution to this year’s celebrations. Interspersing...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 11/2010

Sure on this shining night

As a student, Robert White went one day in the late-1950s to sing for Virgil Thomson, in his famous apartment...

Reviewed by Patrick O'Connor in issue: 7/1997

Marais Grand Ballet

Although it is not stated in the booklet‚ ‘Grand Ballet’ would seem to be from the soundtrack for ‘a film...

Reviewed in issue 10/2002

Liszt; Tchaikovsky Piano Concertos No 1

The photogenic 22-year-old German-Japanese pianist has won critical plaudits in these pages and elsewhere for her two earlier discs of...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 13/2010

Brahms Works for Cello & Piano

This CD from the Norwegian cellist Truls Mork, winner of the 1983 Cassado Competition in Florence, was singled out for...

Reviewed by James Methuen-Campbell in issue: 8/1989

Klemperer conducts Rameau/Bach

I am delighted that EMI have reissued these recordings of Bach's Brandenburg Concertos and Orchestral Suites, for although the passage...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 9/1992

Buxtehude Organ Works, Vol 5 - Opera Omnia X

This two-CD release concludes Ton Koopman’s complete survey of Buxtehude’s organ and harpsichord works, spread over five instalments. He plays...

Reviewed by Malcolm Riley in issue: 9/2009

Scallywag

This is the second of three CDs of tributes to Mayerl: the first one was called “Puppets” (12/96) and there...

Reviewed by Peter Dickinson in issue: 7/1997

Rossini Il Viaggio a Reims

The rediscovery of Rossini's dazzling, sophisticated coronation entertainment Il viaggio a Reims was one of the musical highlights of the...

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 12/1993

Feldman String Quartet

Here is the latest in a series of fine all-Feldman CDs, following For Philip Guston (Hat Hut Now Series, 4/94),...

Reviewed by Peter Dickinson in issue: 8/1994

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