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Macdowell Piano Works

This year's second MacDowell LP predictably duplicates the Woodland Sketches, and Rosemarie Wright's account of them matches that by Charles...

Reviewed in issue 8/1984

Verdi Otello

Not tall or ideally loud enough, his voice past its prime when (at over 50) he took the role into...

Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 2/2006

Masterpieces of Mexican Polyphony

This is a magnificent recording from a little-known area of the polyphonic repertory that enjoyed a late flowering in the...

Reviewed by Tess Knighton in issue: 12/1990

Janácek; Kabelác; Martinu Piano Works

Hard on the heels of his engaging recital with cellist Tomá Jamník (12/08), Ivo Kahánek returns with a programme of...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 3/2009

Verdi Requiem

In his comprehensive biography of Karajan (Chatto and Windus: 1998) Richard Osborne tells us that‚ after this performance of the...

Reviewed in issue 9/2001

Tchaikovsky Romances

Suren Shahi­Djanyan posesses a pleasantly warm‚ well­focused bass of somewhat baritonal hue‚ attuned to much in Tchaikovsky’s song style. He...

Reviewed in issue 5/2002

Schubert Piano Quintet 'The Trout'

A memorable account of the Trout Quintet! This group may not project the warmth and bonhomie of the famous Curzon/Boskovsky...

Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 3/2005

Stravinsky Symphonies

''Make it as dry as possible, otherwise it doesn't come to the ear of the listener''-Stravinsky rehearsing the CBC Symphony...

Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 5/1994

Vivaldi Violin Concertos

The leader of the Ruritanian People's Orchestra has assured me that he has no plans to record Op. 8 Nos....

Reviewed by John Duarte in issue: 9/1990

Concertos for Horn and Orchestra

This is barely a commercial CD as one usually understands it. Olivier Darbellay may be the prime focus, having won...

Reviewed by Jonathan Freeman-Attwood in issue: 8/2003

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