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Cheryl Studer sings Sacred Arias
Ambrosian Singers | Cheryl Studer | Ion Marin | London Symphony Orchestra
At first, with no more to go on than the title of the record and the name of its soprano...
Reviewed in issue 11/1992
Smith Symphonies; Andante for Clarinet and Orchestra
Angela Malsbury | Howard Shelley | London Mozart Players
There’s a tempting-looking television documentary that is right up your street. So tempting, in fact, that you decide to video...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 5/2005
Great Pianists of the 20th Century - Jorge Bolet
Jorge Bolet | Shura Cherkassky
Amongst all the ‘Great Pianists of the 20th Century’ in Philips’s munificent new collection, Shura Cherkassky must count as the...
Reviewed by dmurray in issue: 1/1999
To Music Baillie & Ferrier 1941-6
Gerald Moore | Isobel Baillie | Kathleen Ferrier
It was on the tip of the tongue to refer to Dame Isobel and Dame Kathleen, but of course Ferrier...
Reviewed in issue 9/1997
Songs in Season
Francisca Skoogh | Malena Ernman
At 56 minutes a little short on time, but never mind: this is an appetising, well-balanced programme, four songs to...
Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 2/2004
Songs by Schubert's Friends and Contemporaries
As Graham Johnson notes, a prime purpose in this appendix to Hyperion’s Schubert Edition is to show that the Lied...
Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 7/2006
Godowsky UK Columbia Recordings, 1928-30
Leopold Godowsky | Leopold Jnr Godowsky
For 30 years Leopold Godowsky (1870-1938) was one of the most famous pianists of his day, greatly admired by his...
Reviewed in issue 4/1989
Tárrega Guitar Transcriptions
Standing in a line of inveterate arrangers, from Napoléon Coste through to Segovia and Julian Bream, Tárrega’s aim was to...
Reviewed by William Yeoman in issue: 10/2005
Great Violinist from the Dawn of Recording
Despite the age of these recordings, I find I can quickly adjust and listen through the sizzle and swish (reduced...
Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 4/2004
Ferenc Fricsay - A life in music
It’s good to see Ferenc Fricsay’s star in the ascendant once again. Like EMI Classics/IMG Artists’ Gramophone Award-winning Great Conductors...
Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 13/2003
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