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Bruch/Zemlinsky Piano Trios
Robert Groslot | Roel Dieltiens | Thérèse-Marie Gilissen | Walter Boeykens
Zemlinsky, at 24, the Brahms imitator: Max Bruch, at 70, the Schumann imitator. Zemlinsky in 1895 was writing music at...
Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 4/1992
From Jewish Life
Gerard Schwarz | Jonathan Aasgard | Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Although titled “From Jewish Life” this beautifully played programme does, I fear, give a rather one-sided picture of what Jewish...
Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 9/2008
Bruch Violin Concertos Nos 1 & 3
Chloë Hanslip | London Symphony Orchestra | Martyn Brabbins | Mikhail Ovrutsky
Having in her impressive first disc offered a sequence of violin lollipops (11/01), Chloë Hanslip here goes far farther in...
Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 12/2002
Bruch Works for Clarinet and Viola
François-René Duchâble | Gérard Causse | Kent Nagano | Lyon Opera Orchestra | Paul Meyer
The Double Concerto and the Eight Pieces both stem from Bruch’s later years as a composer, by which time he...
Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 11/1997
BRUCH Violin Concerto No 1 SARASATE Concert Fantasy on Carmen, Op 25
Christian Benda | Fabrizio Von Arx | New Prague Sinfonia
In the last decade of his life Bloch concentrated to great effect on solo and chamber music for strings. The...
Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 04/2013
Anatole Kitain (1903-1980)
Anatole Kitain (1903-80), a Russian-American virtuoso, enjoyed a heady acclaim among the cognoscenti and his legend is lovingly and painstakingly...
Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 8/1996
Arioso & Brillante
This is the third of the Berlin Philharmonic’s solo trumpeter’s discs on Tudor and the most engaging. Tarkövi and Kofler...
Reviewed by Jonathan Freeman-Attwood in issue: 09/2014
From Jewish Life - Works for Cello & Piano
Although it takes in a wide range of Jewish repertoire, composed and traditional, this collection centres on the more familiar...
Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 6/2004
Impromptu
In a market overrun with ‘classical piano’s greatest hits’ compilations, I envision cynical reviewers tossing their unopened copies of ‘Impromptu’...
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 13/2005
Bruch/Walton Works for Viola & Orchestra
André Previn | London Symphony Orchestra | Neeme Järvi | Viktor Tretyakov | Yuri Bashmet
This outstanding version of the Walton Viola Concerto from Yuri Bashmet, warm and intense, was recorded five years ago, presumably...
Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 3/1999
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