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Elgar Enigma Variations

The Cincinnati SO has had a long tradition of performing British music, and here we have Britten’s and Elgar’s most...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 13/2006

Knappertsbusch conducts Bruckner and Wagner

Knappertsbusch’s performance of the Bruckner symphony was given rather a dusty reception in these columns by Deryck Cooke. He disliked...

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 9/1997

English Music for Strings

The Guildhall String Ensemble's first record appeared last December, when in collaboration with George Malcolm at the harpsichord they accompanied...

Reviewed in issue 9/1988

Prokofiev Cinderella

Listening to this inspired disc is like eaves-dropping on two of the great pianists of our time playing for their...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 12/2004

Mozart Piano Concertos Nos 20 & 23

As one would expect of this pianist, these are fresh, thoughtful readings which never get in the way of Mozart,...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 13/1998

Jolivet Works for Wind Band

“World premieres”, claims the back cover of the Maguelone release but just one of the four works – Suite transocéane...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 10/2006

Brahms Lieder Vol 7

This Brahms Edition, although receiving nothing like the prominence given to the Hyperion Schubert Edition, is assuming an equal importance...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 11/2004

Bruckner Symphony No 1

When I reviewed the LP issue of this performance, I said you might have to correct a slight tendency to...

Reviewed in issue 12/1986

Hummel Oberon's Magic Horn

The four concertante pieces on this imaginative disc were written between 1820 and 1833, primarily as vehicles to show off...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 2/2008

Ravel Orchestral Works

I find it impossible to listen to any of these orchestral works by Ravel—or indeed any others of his—without each...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 8/1984

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