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Elgar Cello Concerto; Arrangements for Cello and Orchestra

As Natalie Clein said in her Gramophone interview (9/07), she hopes that in her recording of the Elgar Cello Concerto...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 13/2007

Steven Isserlis - Revisions

The cynic might surmise that this is the sort of disc that a cellist produces when he has exhausted important...

Reviewed by Geoffrey Norris in issue: 13/2010

South American Getaway

The accordion, I confess, is not my favourite instrument, but when handled as virtuosically as by Mika Vayrynen and in...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 11/2000

Monteverdi Erotic Madrigals & their Sacred Contrafacta

This is the third release in The Consort of Musicke's survey of composers who explored the refined courtly aesthetic adopted...

Reviewed by Jonathan Freeman-Attwood in issue: 3/1994

Beethoven Violin Sonatas

These performances are brimful of life; there’s a sense of joy and freedom, with fast passagework that’s exceptionally clear and...

Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 8/2010

Rostropovich plays Khachaturian, Shostakovich & Tchaikovsky

At the height of his powers as a cellist in the 1960s‚ Rostropovich had an enormous repertory‚ ranging from the...

Reviewed in issue 12/2001

Beethoven Symphonies Nos 1 & 6

I read somewhere recently that no record company was planning a new Beethoven cycle this side of the year 2000,...

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 8/1996

Elgar Orchestral Works

With the Enigma Variations on CD it is an obvious advantage having all the separate variations individually banded, which allows...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 11/1984

Franck; Samazeuilh String Quartets

It’s pleasant to be able to welcome a new recording of the unaccountably neglected Franck Quartet. Admirers of the Piano...

Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 1/2006

Reimann Complete Piano Works

Aribert Reimann is most renowned for the adventurous spirit of his operas and for his “day job” as a Lieder-accompanist...

Reviewed by Philip_Clark in issue: 3/2008

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