Review - French School Pianists Play French Concertos
'Another invaluable set that puts pianophiles in APR’s debt once more'
A record which will surely be attractive to people with an interest in the historical approach to performing Classical chamber...
Reviewed by Stephen Plaistow in issue: 7/1985
With Ludwig on the last lap of her career, Lipovsek bids fair to take her place in many spheres, not...
Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 9/1993
This compilation breaks through the thin wall often erected between the vocal and instrumental musics by focusing recordings on one...
Reviewed by John Duarte in issue: 5/1986
One might describe Goran Sollscher as 'the thinking man's guitarist': one who does nothing he has not thought through, and...
Reviewed by John Duarte in issue: 6/1990
There is a great deal to be said for English performances of Die Schopfung (''The Creation'') being sung in English,...
Reviewed in issue 2/1989
Joseph Martin Kraus was an accomplished artist at both keyboard and violin, and like his contemporary Mozart, he turned to...
Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 2/2008
It’s an inspired coupling, as well as a generous one, to have these three high-romantic concertos together. James Ehnes gives...
Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 2/2007
After listening to this disc, I had a sneaking feeling that it might have been more up the ''Sounds in...
Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 7/1986
The Chilingirian Quartet give a pleasantly unforced account of Bartok's First Quartet, with a sensitive tonal blend and good intonation....
Reviewed in issue 6/1988
Gluck’s reputation today is based on his so-called “reform” operas Orfeo ed Euridice and Alceste, composed in Vienna in the...
Reviewed by Richard Lawrence in issue: 9/2010
'Another invaluable set that puts pianophiles in APR’s debt once more'
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