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Walton Violin Concerto; Viola Concerto

It makes an ideal coupling having Walton’s three pre-war concertante works together, two of them in premiere recordings. In many...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 11/1999

Mussorgsky Pictures/Ravel Valses Nobles

Ivo Pogorelich’s performance of Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition is hardly tailor-made for ‘easy listening’ or for musical philistines (as...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 6/1997

Walton Songs

The resurrectionists have done a good job here. When the late lamented Collins catalogue departed this life, the English Song...

Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 12/2002

Prokofiev Alexander Nevsky (complete film score)

It takes a bit of getting used to: those primitive images, that emaciated soundtrack (remember Gone with the Wind dates...

Reviewed in issue 6/1995

Haydn String Quartets, Op 64 Nos 4-6

Those familiar with The Lindsays’ recent Haydn recordings will need little encouragement to sample this set. Haydn demands close attention...

Reviewed in issue 4/2002

Dvorák String Quartets 6 & 7

Shifting focus from Dvorak’s Sixth Quartet to his Seventh is rather like swapping a pedantically nerdish circle of friends for...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 7/2000

Mozart Wind Concertos

It is surprising how rare this apt coupling is of Mozart’s three concertos for reed instruments. Christoph von Dohnanyi and...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 2/1996

Schubert String Quartet

Victor Kissine’s original arrangement of Schubert’s G major String Quartet was, according to Gidon Kremer, ‘virtually unplayable’. But after a...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 12/2005

Rachmaninov Piano Works; Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto

Great pianist as he undoubtedly is, Arcadi Volodos is a cool customer, particularly when it comes to Tchaikovsky. Clearly in...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 3/2004

Elgar Chamber Works

Nash Ensemble members Marcia Crayford and Ian Brown give a most perceptive rendering of the Elgar Violin Sonata, the finest...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 8/1993

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