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Review of Dvorák & Kodály: Vocal Works

Dvorák & Kodály: Vocal Works

Laszlo Heltay contributes to two of the three works here, as he not only directs the Hymn of Zrinyi but...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 5/1989

Review of Verdi I Vespri Siciliani (pp1951)

Verdi I Vespri Siciliani (pp1951)

If we had no other evidence of Callas’s art than these two awkwardly recorded performances from 1951 of the diva...

Reviewed in issue 6/2001

Review of Mozart The Great Symphonies

Mozart The Great Symphonies

John Eliot Gardiner, as the detailed listing above shows, took his pilgrimage through the late Mozart symphonies more or less...

Reviewed by Stanley Sadie in issue: 3/1995

Review of British Symphonic Collection, Vol 2 - Vaughan Williams

British Symphonic Collection, Vol 2 - Vaughan Williams

In a word: uncompetitive. Nothing but the best will do for VW’s visionary masterpiece, but Douglas Bostock’s new account falls...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 8/1999

Review of Boughton Symphony 3 & Oboe Concerto

Boughton Symphony 3 & Oboe Concerto

If you were to play Boughton's Third Symphony to a friend knowledgeable about English music and were to pass it...

Reviewed in issue 1/1990

Review of James Ehnes - Concert français

James Ehnes - Concert français

In repertory as contrasting as could be‚ prize­winning young Canadian violinist James Ehnes demonstrates in these two Analekta releases his...

Reviewed in issue 7/2002

Review of Asturiana - Songs from Spain and Argentina

Asturiana - Songs from Spain and Argentina

Kim Kashkashian’s discography is as distinguished as any leading instrumentalist, having achieved repeated critical acclaim and several awards. With her...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 11/2007

Review of D Scarlatti Keyboard Sonatas

D Scarlatti Keyboard Sonatas

In this hour-and-a-quarter long recital, Maria Tipo introduces us to no less than 18 sonatas none of them among the...

Reviewed by Joan Chissell in issue: 8/1989

Review of Ravel Orchestral Works

Ravel Orchestral Works

These are acceptable but not distinctive performances, offered within a crowded market. Those who like La valse to sound hazily...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 7/1987

Review of Piazzolla - (The) Next Tango

Piazzolla - (The) Next Tango

These films were made in 1985 and ’86, marking what was more or less the beginning of Piazzolla’s final creative...

Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 10/2007


 

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