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Glinka Orchestral Works

Glinka gets far more lip service than proper appreciation in this country, and this attractive record should do something to...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 10/1986

Virtuoso Cello Encores

As that time-honoured cliche suggests, one cannot judge a book, or indeed a CD, by its cover, and the rather...

Reviewed by mjameson in issue: 9/1992

Beethoven Piano Concertos Nos 1 & 2

These recordings are taken from airchecks of CBC radio broadcasts - in other words, as archival recordings made as the...

Reviewed by Tim Parry in issue: 4/2000

Korngold Songs

Caspar Richter offers a third volume of Korngold with his fresh-faced band, who give a polished and affectionate performance of...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 3/2003

Eben; Martinu; Sluka Cello Works

Although not the longest work on offer here, pride of place goes to the earliest of them, Martinu’s Third Sonata...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 12/2008

Brahms Symphony No 1; Schumann Manfred Overture

Jarvi's Brahms symphony cycle ends with a version of Symphony No. 1 recorded at earlier sessions than the three later...

Reviewed in issue 5/1989

Penderecki Symphony No. 4 'Adagio'

As one of the most prominent defectors from the avant-garde in the 1970s, and as one of the most award-decorated...

Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 11/2011

Humperdinck Königskinder

It is good to welcome a new recording of this seriously neglected opera. While it can never match the mastery...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 13/2006

Grainger Edition, Vol. 3 - Works for Chorus & Orchestra 1

This third disc in Chandos’s Grainger series (the first two were reviewed in 11/96) brings another triumph for Richard Hickox,...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 1/1997

Brahms: Piano Works

It is amazing to me that it is already over 12 years since Krystian Zimerman won the Warsaw Chopin Competition....

Reviewed by James Methuen-Campbell in issue: 7/1988

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