Naxos
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Mendelssohn: Concertos for Two Pianos
Benjamin Frith (piano) & Hugh Tinney (piano)
RTE Sinfonietta, Proinnsias O Duinn
Mendelssohn was 14 when he completed his first two-piano Concerto in E major, and still only 15 when he followed it with a considerably longer (rather too long) and more ambitious second in... —
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By the second bar of the first item here, Steen-Nøkleberg has established himself beyond doubt as a pianist and musician of undoubted quality. —
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Walton: Johannesburg Festival Overture, Viola Concerto & Symphony No. 2
Lars Anders Tomter (viola)
English Northern Philharmonia, Paul Daniel
Tomter displays impressive control in the virtuosic Scherzo, but he sounds oddly cautious at more than one point where recklessness and sheer dash would be welcome, and his shifts of tempo are... —
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Tchaikovsky: The Seasons & excerpts from 12 Morceaux
Takako Nishizaki (violin)
Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Peter Breiner
If they are to be transcribed for violin and orchestra, Takako Nishizaki is surely their ideal exponent, for she plays with delicacy yet fully displays the nostalgic charm of 'January' (subtitled... —
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The technical accomplishment of Kliegel's playing is balanced by a richness of musical insight that won't disappoint. The boldness of the opening soliloquy recalls du Pré at her finest, and... —
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Two delicious baroque concerts come from Naxos, the budget specialists winning top-class performances and recordings from Czechoslovak artists. The Danubius Ensemble offers a 70 minute programme... —
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Mozart: Bassoon, Oboe & Clarinet Concertos
Stepan Turnovsky (bassoon), Martin Gabriel (oboe), Ernst Ottensamer (clarinet)
Vienna Mozart Academy, Johannes Wildner
In his tonal purity and elegantly musical phrasing, Gabriel conjures Leon Goossens in his prime. —
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Recommended with pleasure. —
