Review - French School Pianists Play French Concertos
'Another invaluable set that puts pianophiles in APR’s debt once more'
Vivaldi's chamber concertos have been well served by record companies in recent times and none of the works on this...
Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 4/1992
Here we have exactly what it says on the tin – or, in this case, the ugly multi-tray plastic case...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 7/2006
The re-launch of Argo under the auspices of Decca is very welcome. Organ records were very much part of the...
Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 11/1990
Wenlock Edge is experiencing a degree of congestion unique, I should think, in its history. A short while ago Andrew...
Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 6/2008
Hanns Eisler was a remarkable composer of Lieder, at times a great one, and this pair of CDs offers an...
Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 2/1997
Monteverdi’s last publication has always been something of a stepchild in his output‚ perhaps partly because of its sheer size...
Reviewed by David Fallows in issue: 13/2001
The attention given recently to Arvo Part's austere St John Passion (2/89) serves to underline the shift of interest away...
Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 3/1989
It is easy to love Marriner's smiling account of Dvorak's String Serenade on Philips, characteristic of the easy warmth of...
Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 11/1986
The two clarinet sonatas proved to be Brahms's last instrumental music. Written in the summer of 1894, he dedicated them...
Reviewed by James Methuen-Campbell in issue: 9/1989
Twice over at the Proms James Macmillan has had wild successes with long and demanding works, first in 1990 with...
Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 9/1993
'Another invaluable set that puts pianophiles in APR’s debt once more'
New releases celebrate iconic recordings, fresh discoveries and musical adventures across the...
WiiM Ultra/VibeLink Amp: an ultra-compact take on the ‘just add speakers’ system, this affordable...
‘With Karajan controlling everything, would Large cave in and take what amounted to a secretarial...
‘Yudina really was a “symbol of nonconformism” among Soviet musicians, dressed like a nun and in the...
Mark Pullinger leafs through an idiosyncratic selection from Erato’s Bizet back catalogue
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