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Elgar The Dream of Gerontius

It’s somewhat ironic that the most convincing modern interpretation of Gerontius should come to us in video form. This performance,...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 2/1999

Mozart Piano Concertos

Many collectors may feel that they already have more than enough choice of performances of Mozart's piano concertos by some...

Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 11/1993

Martinu Piano Music Vol 3

For his third – and, presumably, final –instalment of Martinu’s compete piano works, Giorgio Koukl has collected the cream of...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 13/2007

Maud Powell - The Complete Victor Red Seal Recordings 1904-1917, Vol 1

She hailed from Illinois and from a musical family‚ was the niece of a famous Civil War hero‚ sold thousands...

Reviewed in issue 1/2002

Debussy Pelléas et Mélisande

A note informs us that ‘Andante has chosen to follow a strict policy of minimal surface noise elimination’ and that...

Reviewed by rnichols in issue: 1/2003

Borne; Ibert; Rodrigo Flute Concertos

“Bridge Across the Pyrenees” happily links a pair of attractive 20th-century flute concertos which share a high-spirited insouciance yet reward...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 12/2006

Bax Orchestral Works

The epilogue to Bax's Third Symphony is one of the most memorable and beautiful things he ever wrote: a gravely...

Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 12/1986

Chopin: Piano Works

Just in case anyone might have forgotten, the Canadian, Jon Kimura Parker, was first prize-winner at Leeds in 1984, crowning...

Reviewed by Joan Chissell in issue: 1/1989

Beethoven/Dvorák Symphonies

Monteux once described Brahms as his ''love'' and his ''ideal'', and it is Brahms who most clearly emerges through this...

Reviewed in issue 4/1993

Mozart Chamber Works

For a first-rate recording of chamber music look no further. It is as if these three excellent performers place themselves...

Reviewed in issue 11/1986

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