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Gershwin Piano Concerto; Rhapsody in Blue; Cuban Overture

It’s a pity that this disc arrived after my “Collection” survey of the Concerto (6/07). It would have come as...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 7/2007

Brahms Symphony No 1; Tragic Overture

There are two kinds of LSO Live release: those that preserve a performance which genuinely merits a place in the...

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 6/2004

Stainer The Crucifixion

It is easy to dismiss Stainer’s Crucifixion as the epitome of English musical disfunctionality in the nineteenth century. Yet, over...

Reviewed by Jonathan Freeman-Attwood in issue: 13/1997

Verdi Don Carlo

The superlative talents assembled nere are probably a little too heterogeneous for an ideal performance, even if all were ideally...

Reviewed in issue 12/1988

Homage to Diaghilev

The current revival of interest in the music of Igor Markevitch has been accompanied by a welcome, if oddly planned,...

Reviewed in issue 12/1997

Beethoven Mass in C

Beethoven’s Mass in C, like Haydn’s late masterpieces and the Masses of Hummel, was written on commission from Prince Esterházy...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 12/2004

M-A. Charpentier Sacred Choral works

Charpentier collectors beware! This is not a straight transfer from a single LP to CD but a compilation from two...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 3/1985

Widor Chamber Music with piano

Yes, Charles-Marie Widor (1844–1937) did find some time in his long life to write other music besides the celebrated Toccata...

Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 11/1989

Barber/Bartók/Prokofiev/Webern Piano Works

Two big sonatas in the post-romantic tradition, framing two case studies in radical modernism: it takes piano-playing of a very...

Reviewed in issue 8/1999

Brahms Piano Concerto No 2

This performance, from a Royal Festival Hall concert, is powerful, direct and unassuming yet it is also the reverse of...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 2/2004

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