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Shostakovich: Symphonies 6 and 11

In the CD format each symphony can now be heard uninterrupted on a single disc, a not inconsiderable advantage over...

Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 6/1985

Vierne/Widor/Dupré Masses and Motets

I have a soft spot for the Motette recording of Vierne’s Messe solennelle. The sheer noise of organs and choirs...

Reviewed by Marc Rochester in issue: 4/1997

Souvenirs

Guitarist Graig Ogden and mandolin-player Alison Stephens have been performing together for 10 years now, and to celebrate have released...

Reviewed by William Yeoman in issue: 10/2009

Dvorák Czech Suite; Violin Concerto

In the joint role of soloist and conductor, Joseph Swensen masterminds a lithe, spick-and-span account of Dvorák’s Violin Concerto. Although...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 2/2006

Donizetti Maria Stuarda (in English)

With these famous recordings from the 1980s, Chandos enriches its Opera in English series, and very aptly too, for the...

Reviewed in issue 6/1999

Stravinsky Cantata on Old English Texts; (Les) Noces; Mass

Seeing the Royal Ballet perform Les noces, or watching the Bolshoi in Petrushka and The Firebird, certainly confirms for me...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 9/2006

Great Guitar Concertos

The title of this disc (“Great Guitar Concertos”) is a misnomer. Castelnuovo-Tedesco’s Romancero gitano for chorus and guitar isn’t a...

Reviewed by William Yeoman in issue: 5/2010

Stravinsky Orchestral Works

The only problems with Stravinsky's own account of the Symphony of Psalms are the rather dated recording (a bit dense...

Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 12/1988

Rachmaninov Piano Concertos Nos 2 and 4

Nikolai Lugansky and Sakari Oramo conclude their Rachmaninov cycle with the Second and Fourth Concertos, generally matching the proficient (though...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 11/2005

Tenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition: JonNakamatsu

The Van Cliburn International Piano Competition may have attracted more than its fair share of opprobrium but the tenth event...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 3/1998

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