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Britten the Performer - Debussy/Haydn/Mendelssohn/Mozart
Benjamin Britten | English Chamber Chorus | English Chamber Orchestra
This may seem a strange mixture, but Britten as conductor brings to each item a striking freshness. How unusual it...
Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 8/1999
Brahms Sonata for Two Pianos; Mendelssohn Piano Trio No 1
It may be jolting to hear Brahms’s F minor Piano Quintet in its previous, and less familiar, guise for two...
Reviewed by Nalen Anthoni in issue: 8/2003
Mendelssohn, F (Das) Jahr
It seems outrageous at this remove that Felix, Fanny’s younger brother, not only actively discouraged the publication of his sister’s...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 7/2007
Bruch/Mendelssohn Violin Concertos
(Royal) Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam | Bernard Haitink | Itzhak Perlman
Compact Disc bring extra clarity to inner lines, adding to Mendelssohnian transparency, but otherwise the hard, bright and aggressive sound...
Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 12/1985
Sibelius Symphony No 2; En Saga; Luonnotar
Colin Davis | Staatskapelle Dresden | Ute Selbig
Taken from German radio broadcasts, these live recordings give a vivid idea of the impact Sir Colin Davis had on...
Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 6/2006
Prokofiev Orchestral Works
With Daniel Barenboim conducting, Itzhak Perlman has made outstandingly successful live recordings of the Beethoven and Brahms violin concertos for...
Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 1/1994
Janácek; Lutoslawski; Szymanowski Violin and Piano Works
Ariadne Daskalakis | Miri Yampolsky
Janáček’s characteristically unconventional Violin Sonata (1914-15, rev 1921) is the connecting thread linking these two programmes without being the principal...
Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 8/2009
Bach/Chopin/Mendelssohn Piano Music
Aleksandar Serdar | Haesun Paik | Jonathan Gilad
This trio of discs from EMI’s Debut series presents three richly varied recitals with playing of consistently high quality. Each...
Reviewed by Tim Parry in issue: 2/1999
Mendelssohn_Violin Concertos
Patrick Gallois | Romain Descharmes | Sinfonia Finlandia Jyväskylä | Tianwa Yang
Despite the best efforts of Yehudi Menuhin in championing Mendelssohn’s Concerto in D minor, the youthful work has never caught...
Reviewed by K Smith in issue: 03/2013
Schumann/Sibelius Violin Concertos
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra | Georg Kulenkampff | Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt | Wilhelm Furtwängler
Schumann's Violin Concerto is still a vastly underrated work, but even so it is surprising that Telefunken's historically important first...
Reviewed in issue 9/1994
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