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Lada Valesova - Intimate Studies

For those unfamiliar with the name (as was I until recently), Lada Valesová is a prize-winning pianist who studied at...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 7/2009

Sibelius Lemminkaïnen Legends, Op 22

It seems extraordinary that the current catalogue lists no complete set of the Four Legends, Op. 22. While, understandably, the...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 4/1985

Gounod Faust

As a bonus, Emma Eames’s lovely voice is heard at the end in the Jewel song and Pierre Gailhard’s still...

Reviewed in issue 9/1999

Mozart Violin Concerto No.2; Sinfonia Concertante K364etc

Dumay has in common with his teacher Arthur Grumiaux a warmly communicative style and a strong feeling for Mozart, so...

Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 12/2000

Jacquet de la Guerre Pièces de Clavecin

As in what has been called the London bus syndrome, ages have gone by without any recording of Elisabeth Jacquet’s...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 5/1999

Fritz Reiner conducts Richard Strauss

As Reiner died in 1963, it seems clear that the 1967 review of the Symphonia domestica listed above was probably...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 12/1990

Rossini Songs

There are so many songs from Rossini's final years that single-disc selections are bound to be arbitrary. (It was a...

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 4/1993

Patricia Petibon - French Touch

Here’s a bit of a surprise. Patricia Petibon, usually associated with Baroque and 18th-century music, reveals a robust sense of...

Reviewed by Patrick O'Connor in issue: 5/2004

Mahler; Schoenberg Chamber Works

The Prazák Quartet’s prowess in the music of, and around, the Second Viennese School has already been demonstrated. This new...

Reviewed by kYlzrO1BaC7A in issue: 11/2002

Brahms; Tchaikovsky Violin Concertos

As the booklet rightly states‚ collectors who began at the dawn of the mono LP era (ah me!)‚ now recall...

Reviewed by kYlzrO1BaC7A in issue: 1/2002

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