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Celibidache conducts Orchestral Works from Russia

Having just emerged from the leisurely splendours of the ‘late’ Celibidache’s Beethoven, Brahms and Schumann on the Third Volume of...

Reviewed in issue 9/1999

Byrd The Caged Byrd

It has taken some time for Chandos to proceed from “The Early Byrd” (8/95) to the second volume of this...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 12/1997

Khrennikov Concertos for Violin and Orch No.s 1-4

Yes, the line-up of young soloists is breathtaking. And the music is not wholly without interest. A paragon of the...

Reviewed in issue 5/2001

Vaughan Williams Symphonies

I have no hesitation at all in placing Handley's account of the Third Symphony at the top of my list...

Reviewed by Michael Stewart in issue: 11/1992

Giuliani: Vocal Works

The garrulous Giuliani produced a large song-bag of music for voice and guitar, some composed, some simply arranged by him;...

Reviewed by John Duarte in issue: 10/1989

Shostakovich/Messiaen Chamber Works

The idea behind this disc is a good one; two major chamber works, both written during the Second World War,...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 9/1997

Vivaldi 12 Concerti, Op 8

I Solisti Veneti and I Musici must be about equal insofar as the number of their recordings of Vivaldi's concertos...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 10/1993

Newdance - 18 Dances for Guitar

David Starobin’s latest guitar recital, ‘Newdance’, has all the warmth and clarity of a family enterprise. Eighteen composer-friends (including John...

Reviewed in issue 1/1999

Brahms Piano Concerto No 2; Schubert Piano Works

Claudio Arrau (1903-91) was described variously as ‘Prince’, ‘Emperor’, and ‘King’, of the keyboard, such was the awe in which...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 13/2003

Mendelssohn Piano Trios Nos 1 & 2

Readers who care to look up reviews of the comparative versions listed will find a general tone of muted enthusiasm...

Reviewed in issue 2/1986

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