Review - French School Pianists Play French Concertos
'Another invaluable set that puts pianophiles in APR’s debt once more'
A sugary survey with a broad geographical and historical stretch and a useful emphasis on the present century. Melody is...
Reviewed by mquinn in issue: 12/1998
This is pure sizzle and great fun from beginning to end. The massive collection of French court dances that Michael...
Reviewed by David Fallows in issue: 11/1986
In the old catalogues there was a record by Amelita Galli-Curci, with obbligato by flutes (plural), of the “Grand Air...
Reviewed in issue 2/1998
It is well over ten years since Jeffrey Tate began his Mozart symphony series for EMI with an outstanding coupling...
Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 1/1996
Even in his lifetime, Manchicourt’s fame was not what it might have been, but the stunning disc devoted to him...
Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 6/2007
Over the years, record companies have been reluctant to commission recordings of these delectable Rossini string sonatas in their original...
Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 5/1988
Sir Malcolm Arnold was a big fan of the Fine Arts Brass Ensemble and he wrote his Second Brass Quintet...
Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 2/2007
The Beaux Arts Trio have undergone several changes of personnel in more recent times. So I'll start by emphasizing that...
Reviewed by Joan Chissell in issue: 11/1994
Wolfgang Sawallisch carries a heavy burden of responsibility these days as an ageing generation of music-loving oldies looks around, with...
Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 1/1994
Apart from one important respect this might be seen and admired as a counterpart of the collection of Massenet rarities...
Reviewed in issue 6/2002
'Another invaluable set that puts pianophiles in APR’s debt once more'
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Mark Pullinger leafs through an idiosyncratic selection from Erato’s Bizet back catalogue
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