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Prokofiev Peter and the Wolf; Cinderella

These two new versions of Peter and the Wolf have in common outstandingly full and brilliant recorded sound and uncommonly...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 5/1987

Panufnik; Shostakovich Piano Works

Raymond Clarke follows his insightful accounts of the Shostakovich Sonatas and the Preludes, Op 34 (10/99) with a disc featuring...

Reviewed by kYlzrO1BaC7A in issue: 1/2003

Verdi Nabucco

There is a good sense here of the fitness of things, and of their grandeur too. As the camera roves...

Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 5/2008

Brahms String Quartet No 2 Op 52 ; String Quintet No 2 Op 111

The Prazák approach Brahms with vigour, making the most of all the dramatic moments - the coda of the Quartet's...

Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 3/2007

Pauline Viardot and Friends

Daughter of Manuel García, sister of Maria Malibran, pupil of Liszt, rejecter at an early age of advances by Alfred...

Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 9/2007

Mendelssohn Symphonies

Marriner's earlier recording of these two symphonies (Argo, 11/84—nla) offered fresh and resilient readings of both works, very well recorded,...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 10/1994

Verstovsky Askold's Grave

Asked to name the most frequently performed Russian opera of the nineteenth century, most people would probably turn their thoughts...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 1/1997

Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No.3, etc

Writing of this live performance (an amalgam of several concerts given in Norway this year) the producer notes “the danger...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 1/1996

Tchaikovsky Orchestral Works

These new issues of the Pathetique arrived in the wake of Mikhail Pletnev's splendid account for Virgin Classics, recorded at...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 6/1992

English Landscapes

Having heard Mark Elder give memorable performances of Bax's Spring Fire with the BBC SO and Chicago SO, I was...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 12/2006

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