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Hyperion already has excellent recordings of both of these concertos, from Demidenko (Medtner) and Hough (Rachmaninov), but as they saying goes, “greatness is its own
Alina Ibragimova has the measure of this music, no doubt about it. I can see some listeners who might prefer a beefier basic timbre in
So far Vladimiar Jurowski and the LPO have given us a disappointing Mahler First and an excellent Second. This new version of the Fourth may
These are fleet and economical Brahms performances, influenced by period performance practice (as evidenced by that style’s sawed-off phrase endings). The orchestral balance favors the
This recording, taken from performances at Glyndebourne in August, 2009, is unique in its scale. Playing in a small house, with what I suspect is
This 2007 performance, recorded live at Glyndebourne, is up there with the best available: the one starring Jennifer Larmore on Warner, the old Decca set
There’s too much Mahler out there, and it may be for that reason that interpreters try very hard, too hard, to stand out from the
This is a splendid Mahler Second, full of fresh ideas that actually work with the music and not against it. Vladimir Jurowski unquestionably is one
Aside from the fact that the women’s chorus at the end doesn’t quite fade out as it should, this is an absolutely smoking performance in
This very fine and thoughtfully programmed Christmas recording resulted from a concert presented at London’s Royal Festival Hall in December 2009. The highlight here is
