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A Tribute to Gerald Moore
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau | Elisabeth Schwarzkopf | Gerald Moore | Victoria de los Ángeles
Apart from the more obvious respects in which this is a unique and moving disc, it is the only one...
Reviewed in issue 1/1988
Jorge Bolet: His Earliest Recordings
Cincinatti Symphony Orchestra | Jorge Bolet | Thor Johnson
This invaluable reissue of discs dating from 1952‑53 is a reminder of Jorge Bolet’s early stature. The first-ever recording of...
Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 12/2011
Steven Isserlis - Children's Cello
Simon Callow | Stephen Hough | Steven Isserlis
Here’s another way to present a ‘My First Recital’ type of programme. Steven Isserlis and Stephen Hough open with a...
Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 7/2006
Kathleen Ferrier sings Opera and Songs
Decca have already given us a couple of Ferrier CDs (and three more are on the way). Here we have...
Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 6/1988
Rachmaninov Complete Solo Piano Music
The discrepancy in the number of CDs contained in these two sets of the purportedly 'complete' music for solo piano...
Reviewed by James Methuen-Campbell in issue: 3/1994
Alexander Brailowsky
I recently reviewed an APR Brailowsky disc of his 1938 London HMV recordings (8/94—prompting a letter in January, page 9),...
Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 2/1995
Short Stories
The gulf between Messiaen’s Catalogue d’oiseaux (Ugorski’s last DG offering, 5/94) and this programme of ‘short stories’ – or, more...
Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 3/1996
Christian Ferras - Recital
In violin terms, if the second quarter of the 20th century saw the Great Individualists, the third quarter belonged to...
Reviewed by Tully Potter in issue: 12/2003
Nicholas Phan: Gods & Monsters
Previous releases from the American tenor Nicholas Phan include a couple of Britten discs, both well reviewed in these pages...
Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: 05/2017
Benno Moiseiwitsch Recital
Without a doubt Benno Moiseiwitsch was one of the truly great virtuosos of the century, and yet by temperament he...
Reviewed by James Methuen-Campbell in issue: 10/1991
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