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Liszt Totentanz; Piano Concertos Nos 1 & 2

Cohen, Brazilian-born, long resident in the UK but now based in the US, is a formidable, if underrated, Lisztian as...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 10/2007

Michel Legrand - Happy Radio Days

Radio themes have formed an important part of various recent light music compilations from Marco Polo, Hyperion and elsewhere. However,...

Reviewed by Andrew Lamb in issue: 1/1999

Schumann Symphonic Studies

With this CD Ragna Shirmer creates a cat’s cradle of intricate Schumann scholarship. Prefacing the Etudes symphoniques with the Beethoven...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 9/2006

Bach, CPE Harpsichord Concerto; Cello Concerto; Symphonies

This generously filled disc announces its intentions from the start with a keen-as-mustard opening movement to Bach’s E flat Sinfonia....

Reviewed in issue 6/2001

Easter's Herald

Recordings by the Schola Hungarica generally bring a breath of fresh air and often highlight new and interesting aspects of...

Reviewed by mberry in issue: 11/1987

Kreisler - The Berlin HMV Recordings (1926-7)

None of these concerto performances is otherwise available at present, which is something of a surprise since there have been...

Reviewed in issue 9/1992

Schubert: Piano Sonatas

The booklet informs us that Laurent Cabasso (new to the British CD catalogue) studied at the Paris Conservatoire with Yankoff,...

Reviewed by Joan Chissell in issue: 4/1991

Martin/Poulenc Choral Works

Because Frank Martin swam into the public's awareness only in the 1940s, with works like Le vin herbe and the...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 12/1989

Schütz Schwanengesang

This reconstruction of Schutz's Opus ultimum—his 'swansong'—could hardly have been a better choice for a major recording planned for 1985,...

Reviewed by mberry in issue: 4/1986

Mr Jerry Hadley Golden Days

Herbert, Friml and Romberg composed melodies that are always worth hearing. And who better to do them justice, one might...

Reviewed by Andrew Lamb in issue: 12/1995

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