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Mozart String Quartets

The beginning of K590’s second movement lacks any marks of articulation, but in the fifth bar Mozart adds staccato dashes....

Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 13/2004

Beethoven Diabelli Variations

This reissue is a reminder of a prodigiously gifted pianist who died tragically at the age of 42. His recording...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 11/2009

French Baroque Flute Music

This attractive release is one of three solo discs promoted recently by Chandos under the umbrella 'emerging talent' (the other...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 2/1994

Sallinen Songs of Life and Death

Listening to these two works by Aulis Sallinen is a bit like looking at two different photographs of the composer:...

Reviewed in issue 12/1995

Brahms Symphonies Nos 1-4; Overtures etc

First, let me dispel any fears that Nikolaus Harnoncourt’s Brahms is quirky, provocative or abrasive. Yes, there are interpretative novelties...

Reviewed in issue 11/1997

Villa-Lobos Complete Bachianas Brasileiras

Villa-Lobos’s nine Bachianas brasileiras, in their various incarnations, are represented fitfully in the catalogue. Claims – as here – of...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 12/2005

Mozart Serenade, K320; Bassoon Concerto,K191

A rich sound here, and probably that has to do with the fact that this recording was made at a...

Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 9/1994

Verdi Il Trovatore

The reason for welcoming this Trovatore back to the catalogue is the presence of Elena Obraztsova's Azucena. The sheer concentration...

Reviewed by hfinch in issue: 3/1987

Berlioz Orchestral Works

This is the first new record of Harold to appear for some years. Now that Bernstein's later version with Donald...

Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 7/1985

Korngold Lieder

Vegetarians beware – the climax of this recital is Korngold’s song, to his own text, in celebration of a rich...

Reviewed by Patrick O'Connor in issue: 11/2002

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