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Myra Hess - The complete solo American Columbia recordings

Dame Myra Hess was notoriously microphone shy and her few recordings—whether 'unofficial' or official—are sought as eagerly as gold-dust. So...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 3/1995

Machaca - Mano a Mano

Morgan Szymanski’s second disc features the young Mexican-born guitarist’s ensemble Machaca playing chamber music for guitar and various instruments, from...

Reviewed by William Yeoman in issue: 7/2007

Bartok Piano Works Vol. 7

The final volume of Zoltán Kocsis’s Bartók solo piano series is very much in the nature of a supplement. Only...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 9/2001

Lutoslawski Orchestral Works

The Naxos Lutoslawski series has now reached Vol. 6, and the level of interest and achievement – not to mention...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 8/1999

Brahms Piano Concerto 1

Rubinstein made his name initially in music quite unlike that of Brahms and it was only when he became established...

Reviewed in issue 9/1987

Mussorgsky/Ravel Pictures

Having recently praised the Disky series of Royal Classics two-CD conductor portraits (4/00), I also welcome these new so-called Unesco...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 10/2000

Con amore

Kyung Wha Chung, it seems, secured her first broadcast as a singer: well, anything is possible in a world where...

Reviewed in issue 9/1987

MacMillan Choral Works

The Choir of Wells Cathedral lives up to its reputation as Britain’s best cathedral choir (see Gramophone, 1/11) in this...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 9/2011

John Eliot Gardiner - In Rehersal

ArtHaus Musik appears to have a winning formula in conveying the essence of musicians at work as they rehearse for...

Reviewed in issue 13/2002

Hanson Choral and Orchestral Works

The Fourth Symphony was a personal and professional watershed for Hanson. His father had died: therein lay the work's inspiration...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 7/1992

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