Review - French School Pianists Play French Concertos
'Another invaluable set that puts pianophiles in APR’s debt once more'
Here are so many telling textual details‚ the sort that critics habitually love to dwell on‚ which makes the one...
Reviewed in issue 8/2002
Swedish music has rarely enjoyed an international status and Stockholm-born Arne Mellnäs (1933-2002) proves to be no exception. Despite his...
Reviewed by Richard_Whitehouse in issue: 2/2011
Aleck Karis inaugurates this American Pianists Series in impressive fashion. At first sight the choice of programme might seem eccentric,...
Reviewed in issue 1/1987
Through her recital discs Susan Graham has been revealing different facets of her character. Now, for her first disc on...
Reviewed by Richard Fairman in issue: 13/2003
Martha Argerich can put you on alert with just one phrase. A sequence of phrases, as in the opening of...
Reviewed by Nalen Anthoni in issue: 6/2008
The six CD versions of the Symphonie fantastique listed above present various problems of selection, difficult of summary. In brief...
Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 10/1985
This bids fair to being the most provocative Mozart release of 2006, revelatory or exasperating according to taste. ‘Playing Mozart...
Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 4/2006
Previous appearances on CD of the French orchestra Le Cercle de l’Harmonie – symphonies by various Frenchmen on a giant...
Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 11/2009
The fairytale wonders and crystalline textures of Ma mere l’oye rarely fail to bring out the best in performers and...
Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 6/1997
The first night of Genoa's revival last June of the original French version of Le siege de Corinthe appears to...
Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 5/1993
'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...
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