Review - French School Pianists Play French Concertos
'Another invaluable set that puts pianophiles in APR’s debt once more'
Anybody in the early stages of investigating the German Lied will find this a useful disc. The selection of songs...
Reviewed by Richard Fairman in issue: 1/2001
UK readers may have caught the documentary portion of this DVD on TV. Christopher Nupen certainly takes in some wonderful...
Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 2/2005
The new Salerno-Sonnenberg disc comes from EMI's US Angel division, who have provided an excellent quality of sound, with a...
Reviewed in issue 12/1989
Though Renata Tebaldi is the star-attraction and main selling-point, the better part of this disc lies in the contribution of...
Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 6/2004
Scarcely a month seems to pass without a further addition to the Richter discography (was there a recital he gave...
Reviewed by Andrew Lamb in issue: 8/2004
The whims of 19th-century prima donnas take a lot of explaining. Early on in Lucia’s career in Italy, Donizetti found...
Reviewed by Patrick O'Connor in issue: 1/2003
Elliott Carter's three-movement Symphonia (1993-96) seems certain to provide the crowning glory to his orchestral output, just as the recent...
Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 1/2000
Martina Bacová is a strong, highly communicative player, unnervingly passionate at times, fairly individual too and plainly deserving of the...
Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 9/2009
I have obviously had better luck than RL when he reviewed another volume of this series of all Milhaud's string...
Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 10/1986
Even if Harrison Birtwistle was not knowingly named after John Harrison, the 18th-century clockmaker discussed in Dava Sobel's recent best-seller...
Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 2/2000
'Another invaluable set that puts pianophiles in APR’s debt once more'
New releases celebrate iconic recordings, fresh discoveries and musical adventures across the...
WiiM Ultra/VibeLink Amp: an ultra-compact take on the ‘just add speakers’ system, this affordable...
‘Yudina really was a “symbol of nonconformism” among Soviet musicians, dressed like a nun and in the...
‘With Karajan controlling everything, would Large cave in and take what amounted to a secretarial...
Mark Pullinger leafs through an idiosyncratic selection from Erato’s Bizet back catalogue
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