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Review of Beethoven: Piano Concertos and Choral Fantasia

Beethoven: Piano Concertos and Choral Fantasia

On CD, as on LP, it makes a generous package having all five Beethoven piano concertos as well as the...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 11/1986

Review of Sir Lennox Berkeley 100th Birthday Tribute

Sir Lennox Berkeley 100th Birthday Tribute

Last May 12th Sir Lennox Berkeley celebrated his eightieth birthday. Hyperion's tribute is perhaps on the late side for a...

Reviewed in issue 12/1983

Review of Godowsky Impressions

Godowsky Impressions

Leopold Godowsky was perhaps the most consummately virtuoso pianist who has ever lived, but his compositions for his own instrument...

Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 8/1989

Review of Ezio Pinza - Opera Arias

Ezio Pinza - Opera Arias

“Assurement”, says Andre Tubeuf in answer to his own question concerning the most remarkable Italian bass of the century. “You...

Reviewed in issue 5/1992

Review of Liszt Piano Concertos; Totentanz

Liszt Piano Concertos; Totentanz

Fine and in some instances great recordings of the Liszt concertos may crowd and jostle for attention in the catalogue....

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 8/2007

Review of Legends of St Nicholas

Legends of St Nicholas

Here is a charming collection of chants and polyphony, illustrating the life and legends that have come down to us...

Reviewed by mberry in issue: 13/1999

Review of Holst Planets & St Pauls Suite

Holst Planets & St Pauls Suite

The New Queen’s Hall Orchestra – top professionals dedicated to the idea of what their instruments used to sound like...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 4/1997

Review of Minimal Piano Collection

Minimal Piano Collection

From Nietzsche to Nyman via Cage, Satie and Tom Johnson – no one could accuse Jeroen van Veen of taking...

Reviewed by Philip_Clark in issue: 11/2007

Review of Wagner Orchestral Works

Wagner Orchestral Works

Trevor Harvey had reservations about this Bohm collection when it was issued on LP five years ago. He found the...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 7/1986

Review of Bach, CPE Flauto Traverso Concertos Vol 2

Bach, CPE Flauto Traverso Concertos Vol 2

CPE Bach’s flute concertos were written for his royal patron, Frederick the Great, to whose daily concerts the composer was...

Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 10/2009


 

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