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Proms Diary
25/08/2010 - 10:45
An underwhelming performance of Scriabin's First Symphony leaves Nick Shave pondering some unanswerable questions
18/08/2010 - 11:59
Nick Shave relishes the English Baroque Soloists' performance of all the Brandenburg Concertos
13/08/2010 - 11:30
The UK premiere of Langgaard's Music of the Spheres 92 years after it was composed was a weird and wonderful triumph
10/08/2010 - 09:05
Nick Shave explains why the Proms on television beats the live performance
16/07/2010 - 11:39
Does the ending of the 19th-century composer’s passionate Piano Quintet point to a secret love, asks Rebecca Franks
15/07/2010 - 18:35
Neil McKim visits the Park Plaza Hotel where Natalie Cole performs its inaugural jazz concert
09/07/2010 - 16:16
Jeremy Pound continues his report from the Cheltenham Music Festival
09/07/2010 - 09:43
The Argentine piano legend's unexpected appearance in London was a humbling lesson, writes Helen Wallace
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DISC OF THE MONTH
Wagner: Parsifal
Mariinsky Orchestra & Chorus/Valery Gergiev
'Gergiev's reading evokes a rapt quality and an authentic spirituality'
CHAMBER
Ireland: Violin Sonatas Nos 1 & 2; Cello Sonata
Lucy Gould (violin), Alice Neary (cello), Benjamin Frith (piano)
'Ireland's passionate Violin Sonatas are here given splendid advocacy'
CHORAL & SONG
Heggie: Songs
Jake Heggie et al
'Jake Heggie's own fluent piano playing supports world-class singers'
DVD
Brahms • Chopin • Scriabin: Piano works
Vassily Primakov (piano); dir. David Starobin
'Reveals Primakov as a serious artist with fabulous pianistic skills'
INSTRUMENTAL
Louis Couperin: Keyboard suites
Christophe Rousset (harpsichord)
'Rousset plays Louis Couperin with energy and dramatic flair'
JAZZ
Larkin's Jazz
Including Count Basie, Louis Armstrong, Fats Waller
'This four-disc set compiled by Philip Larkin authorities is a gem'
ORCHESTRAL
Bartók: Piano Concertos
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano); BBC Philharmonic/Gianandrea Noseda
'Exciting and dynamic accounts of Bartók's Piano Concertos'
OPERA
R Strauss: Scenes from Elektra, Die Frau ohne Schatten & Salome
Atlanta SO/Donald Runnicles
'Christine Brewer sails through these testing Strauss soprano roles'
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