Review - French School Pianists Play French Concertos
'Another invaluable set that puts pianophiles in APR’s debt once more'
The first point worth making about the sarod- quintet Raag Desh is that it bears little if any resemblance to...
Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 6/2000
This is the 1989 recording of Janaeek's oddest opera, welcomed by me in these pages and now digitally remastered. Whatever...
Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 3/2000
This disc comes with the imprimatur of the Polish Ministry of Culture and the two works included encapsulate the differences...
Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 6/2006
I first heard Alessio Bax as a jury member at the 1997 Hamamatsu International Piano Competition in Japan, where he...
Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 11/2004
If this proves as popular an anthology as it should do, it will introduce a lot of people to...
Reviewed in issue 10/1992
One needn’t necessarily have seen Stefano Giannetti’s ballet to appreciate how successfully he and his arranger John Longstaff have been...
Reviewed by Adrian Edwards in issue: 7/2000
This Brodsky recording of the Elgar and Delius String Quartets first appeared in 1984 and is welcome in its CD...
Reviewed in issue 7/1989
Here is another of Gustav Leonhardt's mixed programmes but this one, unlike the earlier European grand tour ((CD) 426 352-2PH,...
Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 8/1990
Alberto Rosado showcases some of the most significant modern composers in this well-considered programme. Inevitably he’s up against fierce competition,...
Reviewed by bwitherden in issue: 11/2002
I had always thought of Schumann’s First Piano Trio as his finest chamber work after the Piano Quintet, but the...
Reviewed in issue 3/1999
'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...
‘Yudina really was a “symbol of nonconformism” among Soviet musicians, dressed like a nun and in the...
‘With Karajan controlling everything, would Large cave in and take what amounted to a secretarial...
Mark Pullinger leafs through an idiosyncratic selection from Erato’s Bizet back catalogue
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