Music & Arts

Donna Voce v2 Women of Legends Music & Arts MA1309

Donna Voce Vol 2: Women of Legend (Music & Arts)

Passionate performances of two important cycles that should be heard more often; and a contemporary work awaits posterity’s verdict [RCh]

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Scriabin: The Complete Mazurkas (Music & Arts)

(Déjà Review) Enjoy Scriabin’s unique and transcendent music performed by a “Scriabinist to the manner born” [DS]

Beethoven: Symphony No 9 (Music & Arts)

(Déjà Review) Harshly recorded, but for some Toscanini enthusiasts it is the greatest of his preserved Ninths [CH]

Brahms: Violin Concerto, Clarinet Quintet (Music & Arts)

(Déjà Review) Lyrical intensity, seamless affection [JW]

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Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli (piano) Mozart & Beethoven (Music & Arts)

A must-hear for Michelangeli fans, and indeed for all lovers of great pianism [CC]

Tailleferre: The Flower of France (Music & Arts)

The pianist misses no nuance of Tailleferre’s style [WK]

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Louis Kaufman (violin) French works for violin (Music & Arts)

(Déjà Review) Lyrical, tragic, introspective, exultant [JW]

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Busoni: Works for Piano & Orchestra (Music & Arts)

(Déjà Review) Grante is impressive, enthusiastic, comprehensive, technically eloquent and idiomatic [JW]