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Mozart Symphonies

In a letter to his father of April 1781 Mozart wrote that one of his symphonies (almost certainly either the...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 4/1993

Elgar Orchestral Works

With a performance of Elgar's Second Symphony lasting 62½ minutes, we are into Sinopoli territory. The difference is that whereas...

Reviewed in issue 9/1991

Beethoven Piano Sonatas, Vol 3

If you regard Beethoven's two little Op 49 sonatas as easy on the fingers, simple and unpretentious, then András Schiff's...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 2/2007

Schubert Schwanengesang

Robert Holl’s craggy bass-baritone is an undeniably imposing instrument. He is also an intelligent, thoughtful artist who can soften his...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 2/2009

Dante-Music from the time of Dante

I am never sure whether a charivari of musical items interspersed with readings really works on CD, though it may...

Reviewed by mberry in issue: 12/1996

Vivaldi Double and Triple Concertos

The most recent of Il Giardino Armonico's releases brings together six of Vivaldi's concertos for two and three solo string...

Reviewed in issue 8/1995

R.Strauss accompanies Reining,Dermota and Piltti

This is the second instalment of Strauss accompanying his own songs taken from Austrian Radio broadcasts of 1942: I reviewed...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 10/1992

Glass Harpsichord Concerto; Piano Concerto No 2

This is certainly one of the most enjoyable recent releases of Glass’s music. There is something fresh about both works,...

Reviewed by Ivan Moody in issue: 12/2006

Debussy Piano Works

When Livia Rev recorded Book 1 of Debussy's Preludes for Saga in 1975 (nla) she deservedly found a welcome for...

Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 1/1991

Fantasies & Impromptus

Lavinia Meijer here offers a delightful sequence of pieces for solo harp by mostly French composers. The harp has long...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 8/2011

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