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Schubert: Chamber Works
RecommendedAdolf Busch (violin) & Rudolf Serkin (piano), Adolf Busch (violin), Hermann Busch (cello) & Rudolf Serkin (piano)
The Busch Quartet
A classic and indispensable set, and given the quality of the musical wisdom the Busch possess, this is in a class of its own —
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Building a Library, April 2016, Also Recommended
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2012, Re-issue of the Month
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Yehudi Menuhin: The Great Violin Concertos
Yehudi Menuhin (violin)
Bath Festival Chamber Orchestra, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Rudolf Kempe, Constantini Silvestri, Walter Susskind, Efrem Kurtz, Sir Edward Elgar
He was a child prodigy whose early virtuosity blossomed into genius, unmatched throughout his life by any of his contemporaries……...He was one of the greatest violinists of the century. —
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Despite old-fashioned sound - clear and well-balanced but artificially spotlit - these performances remain alert, elegant and firmly etched. —
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This quintessential Segovia programme oozes elegance and controlled virtuosity, and the recorded sound is remarkably good. —
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The Artistry of Dennis Brain
Dennis Brain (horn), with Denis Matthews (piano), with Gerald Moore (piano), with Neill Sanders, Edmund Chapman, Alfred Cursue (horns) & Gareth Morris (flute), with Colin Horsley
Dennis Brain Wind Ensemble, London Baroque Ensemble, Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Hoffnung Symphony Orchestra,...
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There are the extrovert pleasures of the concertos by Tessarini and Veracini, an Italianate brace that get straight to the point with extrovert flair...Suave lyricism and virtuosic panache are... —
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Richter's sovereign pianism...is at times awe-inspiring. But the harsh sonics exaggerate his fierce commitment, making it aggressive. —
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Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2
Emil Gilels (piano)
Paris Conservatoire Orchestra, Andre Vandernoot
Demonstrating sensitivity and with an exactingly crisp definition to each note, Emil Gilels’s 1957 recording is both intimate and universal. The improvisatory quality is not lost in his freshness... —
