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Rachmaninov Piano Concertos Nos 1 and 3

Nikolai Lugansky, the young and immensely gifted Russian pianist, shows throughout his performances of both concertos that his training and...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 7/2003

French Orchestral Works

The most brilliant and exciting work here is Florent Schmitt's Dionysiaques, all the more welcome because it is so rarely...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 8/1988

Mozart Don Giovanni

The outward components of this set aren’t promising: Conductor Zubin Mehta is best known for heavier repertoire, the Israel Philharmonic...

Reviewed by David Patrick Stearns in issue: 8/2011

Brahms: Chamber Works orchestrated

To appreciate Jarvi's expansive, ripely-recorded version of the quartet in Schoenberg's orchestration, it would be advisable to erase all memories...

Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 2/1991

Britten Music for Strings

Three early Britten works for string orchestra. He wrote the comparatively short Prelude and Fugue in the war to commemorate...

Reviewed in issue 8/1984

Taneyev Chamber Works

Sergey Taneyev composed his three piano chamber works in the years 1902-11, on either side of his 50th birthday, when...

Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 9/2005

Howells Sacred Choral Works

Here is one of those good ideas that look perfectly obvious once they have been thought of, and similarly their...

Reviewed in issue 7/1992

Great European Organs, Vol 54

In 1988 the Dutch organ firm of Flentrop built an 18th-century Dutch-style instrument for Dunblane's 13th-century cathedral. Despite this deliberately...

Reviewed by Malcolm Riley in issue: 2/2000

Best of the Proms

These two issues are obviously timed to coincide with this year’s Last Night of the Proms. The Decca is an...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 10/1997

Lehár (Das) Land des Lächelns

This latest addition to CPO’s series of Lehár operetta recordings covers more familiar ground than previous offerings. It comes with...

Reviewed by Andrew Lamb in issue: 2/2008

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