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Eleanor Steber sings Berlioz and Sacred Songs
Columbia Symphony Orchestra | Dimitri Mitropoulos | Eleanor Steber | Jean-Paul Morel | Max Rudolf
If it did not involve the unbecoming process known as biting off the nose to spite the face, I would...
Reviewed in issue 3/1997
Sacred Songs
It is difficult to know quite how seriously to take this disc of Chants sacres, recorded as it is by...
Reviewed by hfinch in issue: 4/1991
Verhulst Symphoniy in E; Overtures
(The) Hague Residentie Orchestra | Matthias Bamert
Schumann held Jan Verhulst in high regard, devoting several essays and reviews to his music and singling out for praise...
Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 7/2004
Khatia Buniatishvili: Motherland
At her London recital in June, Khatia Buniatishvili played a second half of virtuoso works (Chopin, Ravel, Stravinsky) that bordered...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 09/2014
Irene Scharrer
Henry Wood | Irene Scharrer | London Symphony Orchestra
Here is a delightful and necessary reminder of a pianist who, in her heyday, played with an enviable facility, charm...
Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 7/1994
Josef Hofmann, Vol. 2
Curtis Institute Student Orchestra | Fritz Reiner | Ignace Hilsberg | Josef Hofmann
Anton Rubinstein, the leading pianist and piano teacher of his generation, declared that his pupil Josef Hofmann was ''the greatest...
Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 5/1993
Segovia - American Decca Recordings
This latest child of the now-familiar original-programme- in-original-sleeves reissue will be of great interest to Segovia completists and Fifties graphic...
Reviewed by William Yeoman in issue: 9/2009
Barber Historic Performances 1938-53
Leontyne Price | Samuel Barber
Leontyne Price was on the threshold of her international career when she and Samuel Barber gave this, their first recital...
Reviewed by Patrick O'Connor in issue: 5/2005
Fritz Kreisler Early Recordings
There is more variety of timbre and ensemble on this CD than might be supposed. The lute features in all...
Reviewed in issue 9/1985
Eva Marton Recital
From the very first notes, Leonora's ''Son giunta?'', it is evident that this is another of those big unsteady voices...
Reviewed in issue 3/1987
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