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Hoddinott Piano Sonatas

Alun Hoddinott isn't a pianist himself, but he has written (so far) three concertos for the instrument and 11 sonatas....

Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 12/1993

Puccini La Bohème (DVD)

With Romeo and Juliet, film director Baz Luhrmann displayed a talent for refreshing the classics, which also enhances this Australian...

Reviewed by mscott rohan in issue: 1/2001

R Halffter & Ponce Violin Concertos

This recording, sponsored by Aeromexico to celebrate its fiftieth anniversary, gives Szeryng the opportunity to do something to propagate the...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 8/1985

Great Voices in Tchaikovsky

Memoir Classics have produced several attractive anthologies of this kind, and I rather think that the present addition is the...

Reviewed in issue 6/1994

Arnold Concerto for Two Pianos; Concerto for Piano Duet

The three major concertante works here reflect in a moving way the strange contradictions in Arnold’s character, the mixture of...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 12/2007

Mozart Violin Sonatas, Vol. 2

The four sonatas here are played clearly and classically and the balance between the instruments is probably as natural as...

Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 9/1989

Bizet/Falla/Torroba Guitar Works

The CD sound is even more 'squeaky-clean' than that of the LP, the guitars more sharply honed, the castanets (operated...

Reviewed by John Duarte in issue: 8/1985

Arturo Toscanini conducts Beethoven

The Toscanini Beethoven symphonies with the pre-war BBC Symphony Orchestra, together with the Leonore Overture, appeared in a three-LP box...

Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 8/1996

Janacek; Szymanowski String Quartets

This is a brilliant idea for a CD. Composed within a time-frame of 11 years (1917-28), at a similar geographical...

Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 11/2007

Shostakovich Piano Concerto No 1; Piano Quintet

Argerich’s 1994 reading of the Concerto for Piano, Trumpet and Strings is already a benchmark version among modern recordings, complementing...

Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 11/2007

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