Review - French School Pianists Play French Concertos
'Another invaluable set that puts pianophiles in APR’s debt once more'
I remember hearing Brendel perform both these sets of the Annees de pelerinage in a single piano recital at the...
Reviewed by James Methuen-Campbell in issue: 1/1988
If this recording does little to enhance the Dyfed Choir's reputation, it is hardly their fault or that of Christopher...
Reviewed by Marc Rochester in issue: 7/1994
This is welcome. Szymanowski is still too little known in England, and there must be many listeners for whom, like...
Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 10/1992
The distinguished Romanian pianist, Clara Haskil, was still only 65 when she died in Brussels in 1960. She was therefore...
Reviewed by Joan Chissell in issue: 6/1988
The Cyril Scott bonanza continues and it’s not just piano music. The instrument figures prominently in his output because Scott...
Reviewed by Peter Dickinson in issue: 8/2007
Here are Chopin’s complete works for cello and piano complemented by an intriguing garland of encores. Performed with a relish...
Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 11/1996
People familiar with Handel’s English works may all too easily forget the musical soil in which he was nurtured. This...
Reviewed by Stanley Sadie in issue: 6/1996
The partnership of trumpet and organ is catching on as a recording act. Indeed, this same duo have presented a...
Reviewed in issue 4/1988
Rachmaninov's D minor Elegiac Trio has drawn a number of recordings, most recently that by the Copenhagen Trio on Kontrapunkt....
Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 11/1995
Paul Hindemith could certainly churn out notes when he needed to, scribbling a Scherzo for violin and cello on the...
Reviewed in issue 9/1996
'Another invaluable set that puts pianophiles in APR’s debt once more'
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