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Brahms Sonatas for Violin and Piano

The youthful C minor Scherzo makes a welcome bonus to the common programming of the three sonatas. Amoyal and Chiu’s...

Reviewed in issue 2/2002

Shostakovich Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk

Shostakovich's operatic masterpiece is notoriously problematic to stage, especially if directors go back to the 1932 score and try to...

Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 2/2007

Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 6

On this evidence, Mikhail Pletnev remains one of the most intelligent and stylish Tchaikovsky conductors around. His 1991 account of...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 1/2012

Dvorák Symphonies 1-3

Well now, here’s a surprise. I began my listening with the Third Symphony (a work for which I have always...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 5/1997

Mozart Piano Concerto 12 & Piano Quartet 2

Recorded live in Vienna, in the Mozartsaal of the Konzerthaus, these performances have a warmth and immediacy which speak of...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 4/2000

Dodgson Piano Sonatas, Volume 2

This is the sequel to Bernard Roberts's earlier Claudio disc of Stephen Dodgson's Second, Fourth and Fifth Piano Sonatas (9/98)....

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 6/2000

Saint-Saëns Organ Symphony

This is an immensely likeable new version of Saint-Saens justly popular Organ Symphony. The LPO play throughout with great energy...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 9/1984

Liszt (12) Transcendental Studies

This awesome cycle represents one of the most exhilarating monuments to Romanticism in keyboard music and exacting explorations of piano...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 3/2010

Britten; Dowland; Maw Songs for Tenor and Guitar

This is an imaginative coupling since both Britten and Maw are represented by song-cycles with guitar as well as 20-minute...

Reviewed by Peter Dickinson in issue: 8/2005

Beethoven Cello Sonatas and Variations

Anne Gastinel and François-Frédéric Guy, both formidable artists, share a common view of Beethoven. The phrases are finely drawn, with...

Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 4/2005

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