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Saint-Saëns Piano Concertos Nos 2 and 5

This scintillating disc finds Jean-Yves Thibaudet in notably effervescent form, revelling in Saint-Saëns’s pianistic brio and intricacy. He makes a...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 12/2007

Bach Violin Sonatas

Joseph Swensen and John Gibbons have chosen three of Bach's sonatas for violin and harpsichord and are joined by Elizabeth...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 4/1991

James Galway plays Khachaturian

Khachaturian's Flute Concerto was transcribed by Jean-Pierre Rampal from the Violin Concerto with the composer's blessing, and he has already...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 2/1986

Berwald Chamber Works

The piano trio held considerable appeal to Berwald, who completed five such works plus two sizeable fragments, in total amounting...

Reviewed in issue 10/1993

Tchaikovsky/Scriabin Piano Concertos

The chief attraction here is the unusual coupling which pairs two sharply opposed examples of Russian romanticism, and although the...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 10/1994

Grieg Orchestral & Vocal Works

As a Norwegian musician Per Dreier must surely be steeped in the Grieg tradition, and indeed near the beginning of...

Reviewed in issue 12/1989

Liszt Années de pèlerinage, Bk 2

After his recent honeymoon with Ravel, Louis Lortie has now returned to Liszt whose B minor Sonata and three Concert...

Reviewed by Joan Chissell in issue: 9/1991

German Orchestral Works

Herbert von Karajan's 1947 Columbia account (nla) of Strauss's Metamorphosen had an unrelenting inner resolve and intensity which were not...

Reviewed by mjameson in issue: 8/1993

(La) Valse à Mille Temps

There are 54 tracks on this disc, 33 of them lasting under a minute. Only the Rosenkavalier Waltzes and La...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 6/2011

Ireland Chamber Works

This valuable two-disc collection from Chandos usefully fills several gaps in the current John Ireland discography. Especially welcome here is...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 12/1995

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