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Osborne, GA Chamber Works

Limerick-born George Alexander Osborne (1806-93) studied piano and composition with Frédéric Kalkbrenner in Paris, where he became a close friend...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 7/2005

The Art of Gary Gray

Copland's Clarinet Concerto was written for Benny Goodman, and I hope that Goodman's own CBS recording, with Copland conducting, scheduled...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 2/1988

Paderewski Piano Works, Volume 1

Anyone who thinks of Paderewski’s music as a benign offshoot from his sensational career as a pianist will be startled...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 11/1997

Barber Cello Concerto. Shostakovich Cello Concerto No.

The comparative HMV disc couples Shostakovich's Cello Concerto No. 1 with his Violin Concerto No. 1—in other words his two...

Reviewed in issue 12/1983

Poulenc and Britten play Poulenc and Britten

Pierre Bernac gave the first performance of the Chansons gaillards in 1926 (with Poulenc at the piano), but his career...

Reviewed in issue 4/1993

Schumann Kreisleriana; Prokofiev Piano Sonata No 2

All five DVDs celebrate René Martin’s La Roque d’Anthéron Piano Festival, founded in 1980 in the heart and, judging by...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 11/2005

Druschetzky; Fischer Works for Multiple Timpani and Orchestra

''Eight timpani'' does not mean eight one-drum players in the style of a Russian horn band, it means eight drums...

Reviewed in issue 10/1989

Martinu: Chamber Works

This is the Dartington Ensemble's second record of little-known chamber music by Martinu. Like its predecessor (A66084, 1/84) it contains...

Reviewed in issue 3/1985

Mendelssohn Elijah

This, the first ever recording of Mendelssohn’s oratorio, has always seemed to me one of the most convincing. Like the...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 4/2007

Great operatic arias - Yvonne Kenny 2

After the introductory Handel this settles down to a programme of Mozart and Strauss with a rather generous allowance of...

Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 11/2003

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