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Ehnes & Armstrong play Brahms & Schumann
Andrew Armstrong | James Ehnes
I’ve been eagerly waiting for James Ehnes and Andrew Armstrong to record the three Brahms violin sonatas. They’ve already recorded...
Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 12/2024
SCHUMANN Cello Concerto (Christian-Pierre La Marca. Kian Soltani)
Schumann’s Cello Concerto – or, if we’re being really accurate, his Konzertstück for cello with orchestral accompaniment – represents a...
Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner in issue: 01/2025
(The) Last Night of the Proms
Watching an old Last Night of the Proms programme on DVD might seem like eating halfwarmedup soup‚ but the year...
Reviewed in issue 13/2001
Dvorák Cello Concerto. Bruch Kol Nidrei
Lynn Harrell | Philharmonia Orchestra | Vladimir Ashkenazy
There has never, of course, been any shortage of recordings of this wonderful concerto, from the classic old Casals version...
Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 10/1983
KORNGOLD Violin Concerto Op 25 BRUCH Violin Concerto No 1
Arabella Steinbacher | Gulbenkian Orchestra | Lawrence Foster
An impressive, distinctive performance of the Bruch, with Arabella Steinbacher combining confident, easy virtuosity with concern to find the right...
Reviewed by Duncan Druce in issue: 09/2013
BRITTEN; BRUCH Violin Concertos (Kerson Leong)
Kerson Leong | Patrick Hahn | Philharmonia Orchestra
Kerson Leong’s splendid account of the Bruch comes hot on the heels of Randall Goosby’s no less committed reading with...
Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 07/2023
Piano Duets - Children's Games
It is good to hear Bizet's Jeux d'enfants in its original piano-duet form, and all 12 pieces at that. Isabel...
Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 10/1992
Simple Gifts Lesley Garrett
Lesley Garrett | Peter Robinson | Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
The true test of a recital disc's success is whether you would like to hear the singer in the complete...
Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 4/1995
Oleg Shebeta-Dragan plays Nielsen, Busoni, Francaix, Milhaud
Anna Skryleva | Odense Symphony Orchestra | Oleg Shebeta-Dragan
There are three categories in the Carl Nielsen International Competition – violin, flute and clarinet – reflecting the Danish composer’s...
Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: 03/2025
Sweet Power of Song
Ann Murray | Felicity Lott | Galina Solodchin | Graham Johnson | Jonathan Williams
This is the kind of disc that may well prove a collectors' piece in, say, the year 2050. I can...
Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 11/1990
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