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Grieg/Liszt Piano Works

As a schoolboy, I was offended by the critic F. Bonavia's refusal to call Grieg's Piano Concerto a masterpiece, especially...

Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 4/1991

Prokofiev Visions Fugitives; Stravinsky Apollo; Concerto in D

Given the ubiquity of Rudolf Barshai’s Shostakovich string quartet adaptations, it’s something of a puzzle that there haven’t been more...

Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 5/2007

Verdi (La) Traviata

This is important. The bluntness may I hope be excused because for once we have a recording which has...

Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 4/2006

Rubinstein Piano Works

Anton Rubinstein was an equivocal figure in his lifetime, as he somewhat ruefully recognised, and has remained so. As these...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 4/2003

(A) Noble Entertainment

This is a debut CD from the Parnassian Ensemble, two recorders and continuo who have here homed in on a...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 4/2007

Kalinnikov Orchestral Works

Kalinnikov's Second Symphony doesn't have the dramatic power or imaginative fire of its better-known predecessor, but it's full of ingratiating...

Reviewed by Stephen Johnson in issue: 6/1990

Britten the Peformer - Bridge/Britten/Holst

Treasure trove, pure and simple. Britten conducts the music of his beloved mentor and teacher, Frank Bridge, with a heartwarming...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 8/1999

Elgar Cello Concerto

Don’t let the image of an attractive lady on the CD booklet-cover fool you into thinking that the marketing people...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 10/2010

Verdi Il Corsaro

This work, based on Byron's poem, The Corsair, is one of the most economic and inspired of Verdi's early scores....

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 3/1990

Schumann Maria Stuart Lieder

Schumann was by no means the only composer obsessed with Robert Burns but no one caught the Scot’s sentiments more...

Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 4/2010

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