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The British bass John Tomlinson is a very impressive singing actor with a big resonant voice, and it and his art are beautifully captured here
Valeri Polyansky’s Russian symphonic series for Chandos has exhibited varying levels of accomplishment, but it reaches a new low with this hopelessly blasé recording of
Here’s a really interesting collection of French band music, as boringly played as we’re ever likely to hear. Florent Schmitt’s Dionysiaques hasn’t a trace of
Glinka’s overture to Ruslan and Lyudmila is one of the few works that you can judge simply by looking at the timing. Since the music
The preferred version of the Tchaikovsky Quartets is that of the Borodin Quartet. Problem is: Which Borodin Quartet? This Chandos Historical two-pack features the original
Poor Arthur Sullivan. You’ll recall from the film bio Topsy Turvey that he badly wanted recognition as a “serious” composer. He never got it. Contemporaries
This Chandos Collect reissue of Israela Margalit’s piano concerto recordings is a bit of a mixed bag. Disc 1 features a very broad, big-boned reading
Be careful what you wish for, you may get it! Richard Hickox’s first installment of Haydn’s London Symphonies suffered seriously from poor balances that relegated
Alexander Grechaninov composed his Symphony No. 5 in 1936 in Paris, where he lived before emigrating to the United States, where the work was premiered
Nicholas Unwin manages to squeeze all four books of Albéniz’s Iberia onto one CD, while all three Alicia De Laroccha versions spill over to a
