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Ravel Music for Two Pianos

Few composers can rival Ravel in the brilliance and subtlety of his instrumentation‚ which makes it surprising that he wrote...

Reviewed in issue 8/2002

Shostakovich Symphonies Nos 1 and 6

When reviewing the LP version of this coupling, which I found slightly, though understandably, cautious in its orchestral perspective, I...

Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 4/1986

Beethoven Symphony No 7

For most of the last century the need for an organisation to promote Leopold Stokowski would have seemed laughable, when...

Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 4/2010

Emma Johnson plays Clarinet Concertos

The great quality that Emma Johnson brings to all her recordings, in contrast to so many artists of whatever eminence,...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 9/1991

Zarzuelas-The Passion of Spain

Spain's school of musical theatre offers not only a fund of rhythm and melody to match anything in French and...

Reviewed by Andrew Lamb in issue: 2/1995

Glinka; Tchaikovsky Piano Trios

In a market that boasts a rival as dashing as the Erato disc listed above‚ any performance of the Tchaikovsky...

Reviewed in issue 11/2001

Janácek/Kodaly/Respighi Orchestral Works

This disc serves a useful three-fold purpose. Firstly, it offers permanent audio compensation for those of us who missed what...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 10/2000

Widor Organ Works, Vol. 6

An immaculate disc. The Dutch organist, Ben van Oosten, gives totally natural, organic and perfectly-judged performances of Widor’s last two...

Reviewed by Malcolm Riley in issue: 11/1998

Grieg Peer Gynt Suites

The longest single work here, the Old Norwegian Melody, is a late and elusive score. Beecham, always adept in variation...

Reviewed by Mike Ashman in issue: 1/2007

Fibich; Foerster; Novak Piano Trios

Tucked in among some attractive Czech Romantic and post-Romantic piano trios is the original four-movement version of Janácek’s Pohádka for...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 7/2011

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