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Cortot plays Chopin

This replica of the previous Music & Arts issue (1/89) of “the legendary 1926 and 1929 recordings of the Ballades,...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 6/1996

Balakirev, Mussorgsky, Scriabin: Piano works

If you want these three Russian works together on one Compact Disc, this one is worth thinking about. Each piece...

Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 8/1989

Balakirev Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2

These recordings were made by Soviet Radio and date from 1973-4. Svetlanov was subsequently to re-record both symphonies in richer,...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 10/1997

Brahms; Saint-Saëns Works for Two Pianos

A quick glance at Warner Classics’s note reminds us that the twin sisters Güher and Süher Pekinel studied with Serkin,...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 2/2006

Schumann Piano Works

This, surprisingly, is John Lill’s first recording of any of Schumann’s solo piano works. I wish I could give him...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 5/2004

Bach Organ Works

Some years ago Marie-Claire Alain gave a series of Bach recitals in London's Royal Festival Hall. The one enduring memory...

Reviewed by Marc Rochester in issue: 4/1992

Songs of Springtime

Here is a most congenial programme, ending with a tour de force which must be brought forward into the light...

Reviewed in issue 10/1996

Mahler Symphony No 2

Delos has employed the designer from hell: its cover artwork is hideous and the rubbery jewel case partitions keep falling...

Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 6/2000

Chopin; Rachmaninov 2nd Piano Concertos

For all his talent Cuban-American Santiago Rodriguez remains a sadly inconsistent, unfocused pianist; almost as if his mood changed from...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 6/2000

Viotti Sinfonia Concertante; Violin Concerto No. 4

Delightful music, delightfully played. The Sinfonia concertante is musically the more appealing of the two pieces, particularly the slow movement...

Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 7/1998

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