Review - French School Pianists Play French Concertos
'Another invaluable set that puts pianophiles in APR’s debt once more'
While Robert Casadesus was unquestionably among the great pianists of the twentieth century, his recordings often did him a chilly...
Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 7/1999
The title of the album, ''He Loves And She Loves'' from Funny Face, happens to be one of its treasures:...
Reviewed in issue 7/1991
Robert Craft, perhaps because of the precision and the dryish sound of his Webern recordings for CBS in the 1970s,...
Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 3/2000
Johann Helmich Roman, often called the father of Swedish music, was a contemporary of Bach and Handel. After serving in...
Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 2/1998
The great event of these concerts was Marilyn Horne's aria from La donna del lago. The compilers of the CD...
Reviewed in issue 7/1987
The one surprising fact about this coupling is that, unless I’ve been remiss in not spotting them in a previous...
Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 10/2011
Mehul was the leading composer of the early days of the French Republic, and Joseph (the correct title, not pace...
Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 11/1990
At the beginning of the fourth Primo Levi setting in Ad ora incerta (a depiction of the ghastly chemical factory...
Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 13/1999
Here is a harpsichord recital that should have a wide appeal, not only because the soloist John Henry has spread...
Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 10/1992
This fourth instalment in the London Sinfonietta’s Jerwood Series brings a further selection of contrasted works from the past five...
Reviewed by Richard_Whitehouse in issue: 12/2008
'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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