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World Orchestra for Peace - 10th Anniversary
The World Orchestra for Peace was founded in 1995 by Sir Georg Solti to bring together leading musicians from great...
Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 11/2005
Piano Reflections
Classic FM has been grooming the young pianist Ji Liu for his debut solo CD, leaving nothing to chance. The...
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 08/2014
Hear My Words
David Goode | Eton College Chapel Choir
Any member of any cathedral or half-decent Anglican church choir should know most of these anthems. Others may question the...
Reviewed by Marc Rochester in issue: 4/2008
Anthems from Salisbury
Colin Walsh | Richard Seal | Salisbury Cathedral Choir
This record is sheer delight. The Salisbury Cathedral Choir have a most appealing quality which matches the character of the...
Reviewed in issue 9/1987
Kirchschlager & Bonney - First Encounter
Angelika Kirchschlager | Barbara Bonney | Malcolm Martineau
Timed to coincide with a series of public performances, this duet-recital should prove attractive on various counts. The voices are...
Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 1/2005
At the Beach
Håkan Hardenberger | Roland Pöntinen
There is a good deal that is trivial here, notably the Waldteufel Pluie d'etoiles which goes on for too long,...
Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 6/1989
75 Years of the Queen Elisabeth Violin Competition
The international violin competition in Brussels, founded as a result of the friendship between Ysaÿe and Queen Elisabeth of Belgium,...
Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 05/2012
Cortot-Thibaud-Casals Trio Historic Recordings
Alfred Cortot | Barcelona Pau Casals Orchestra | Jacques Thibaud | Pablo Casals
Unlike string quartets, which had behind them a tradition of stable partnership, piano trios were mostly adventitious ensembles until in...
Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 12/1991
Themes and Variations (Guy Johnston, Tom Poster)
Guy Johnston | James Gilchrist
It takes a particularly selfless kind of cellist to begin a recital with Beethoven’s Bei Männern Variations. Donald Tovey once...
Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 05/2019
Daniel Hope: My Tribute to Yehudi Menuhin
Daniel Hope, in his own words, ‘fell into Yehudi Menuhin’s lap as a baby of two’. His mother was the...
Reviewed by Hannah Nepil in issue: 04/2016
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