Joplin Piano Rags

In this warmly recorded selection, Peskanov approaches Joplin with the sophisticated mien of the classically trained. Uniquely evocative of their...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 8/2004

Bizet L'Arlésienne & Carmen Suites

This is a splendid account of these four suites, two drawing on Bizet's incidental music to Daudet's play and the...

Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 6/1988

Pabst; Rimsky-Korsakov; Scriabin Piano Concertos

Danacord has stolen a march on Hyperion’s Romantic Concerto series with the first complete studio recording of the Pabst concerto,...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 8/2008

Schumann Piano Works

These two CDs of Murray Perahia's Schumann present well-established performances that have met with virtually universal critical acclaim. The only...

Reviewed by James Methuen-Campbell in issue: 3/1989

Saint-Saëns Symphony No 3; Carnaval des animaux. Cyprès et Lauriers.

Few pieces of music in the history of the gramophone can have suffered such indignities at the hands of insensitive...

Reviewed by Marc Rochester in issue: 3/1996

Brahms Sonata for Two Pianos; Mendelssohn Piano Trio No 1

It may be jolting to hear Brahms’s F minor Piano Quintet in its previous, and less familiar, guise for two...

Reviewed by Nalen Anthoni in issue: 8/2003

Delius Orchestral & Vocal Works

I wrote with enthusiasm about this record when it appeared as an LP, not only for the quality of performance...

Reviewed in issue 3/1985

Petitgirard Joseph Merrick, The Elephant Man

Reviewed by kYlzrO1BaC7A in issue: 0/0

Whitlock Organ Works

The more I hear Whitlock’s Organ Sonata the more convinced I am that this is one of the unsung masterpieces...

Reviewed by Marc Rochester in issue: 7/1996

Stravinsky Choral and Orchestral Works

Bernstein's famous recording of the Symphony of Psalms makes a welcome return to the lists in this new transfer, rather...

Reviewed in issue 11/1994