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Dvorák/Brahms/Reger Duets

Brahms's duets are settings of known poets, Dvorak's of folk poetry. The matter is not as simple as that. Brahms...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 8/1995

Janácek: Operatic & Chamber Works

The Decca series of Janacek opera recordings under Sir Charles Mackerras has produced some classic performances, and this splendid set...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 10/1989

Debussy Piano Music, Vol. 4 - Ballet Transcriptions

This series of Debussy's complete piano music is turning out to be very worthwhile. Not only has the Welsh pianist...

Reviewed by James Methuen-Campbell in issue: 2/1990

Haydn; Hummel Trumpet Concertos

Understandably sated by discs of the two standard “classical” trumpet concertos (Haydn and Hummel), listeners will find in this 20-year-old...

Reviewed by Jonathan Freeman-Attwood in issue: 3/2008

Debussy Études; Images

Debussy once remarked that he would like to get rid of the initial percussive attack of the piano’s hammers on...

Reviewed by Stephen Plaistow in issue: 11/2003

Gershwin Fantasy

In the 1920s George Gershwin used to encounter Jascha Heifetz at smart New York parties, and the two sometimes improvised...

Reviewed by Patrick O'Connor in issue: 13/1998

Berlioz Symphonie fantastique

This impressive new version of the Symphonie fantastique‚ generously coupled with the love scene from Roméo et Juliette‚ celebrates the...

Reviewed in issue 10/2001

Alta Danza - Dance Music from 15th century Italy

High and low instruments (that is, broadly, winds and strings) alternate in this enjoyable recital which includes some of the...

Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 8/1998

Brahms Piano Concerto No 1; Haydn Variations

The lion’s share of this recording goes to Brahms’s First Piano Concerto in which Plamena Mangova, a young Bulgarian pianist,...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 2/2011

Turina Orchestral Works

Turina's critics have commented on his restricted field of geographical vision more often than on his gifts as a composer...

Reviewed by John Duarte in issue: 12/1999

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