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J. C. Bach Symphonies Concertantes, Volume 2

In his exemplary booklet-note Ernest Warburton, the leading J. C. Bach scholar, draws a distinction between the baroque concerto grosso...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 9/1998

Frescobaldi Harpsichord Works

This is the third Frescobaldi recording to have come from Gustav Leonhardt over the years, the first having been an...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 5/1992

Serkin plays Beethoven

Rudolf Serkin was one of music’s greatest over-reachers, at his finest lifting his capacity audiences into the most exalted regions...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 11/2008

Walsh Transports de joie

To say that this is predictable fare is, to put it mildly, an understatement. All these pieces are already available...

Reviewed by Marc Rochester in issue: 11/1999

Mozart Piano Concertos Nos 11-13

They can be played with full orchestra, or with oboes and horns, or simply a quattro,’ wrote Mozart of these...

Reviewed by Stanley Sadie in issue: 4/2004

Levine, A Prayers for Mankind

Fr Alexander Men (1935-90) was a Russian Orthodox priest, theologian, scholar and writer. He was also a martyr – he...

Reviewed by Ivan Moody in issue: 1/2011

Bellini I Puritani

John Steane in his notes to this set rightly reminds us that it was Callas's famous 78rpm record of Elvira's...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 9/1987

R. Strauss Alpine Symphony

For the best all-round performance of the Alpine Symphony, i.e. interpretation, orchestral playing and technical recording, I would still recommend...

Reviewed in issue 9/1989

Smetana Orchestral Works, Volume 1

This is a superb disc. There have been distinguished collections of Smetana’s symphonic poems (notably a vintage Kubelík disc) but...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 11/2007

Great Pianists of the 20th Century - Sviatoslav Richter

Forced to select the greatest of Richter’s performances for a two-disc set (or even several such) I’m not sure I’d...

Reviewed in issue 10/1998

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