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Rossini String Sonatas, Volume 2

These genial works by a gifted 12-year-old receive warm performances from Chailly. However, my first impression proved a lasting one,...

Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 8/1994

Bruckner Symphony No 4

These performances made a favourable impression when I reviewed the LP in 1985 The coupling of Telemann's Concerto in E...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 10/1988

Schumann Piano Works

Avie’s two-CD album celebrates a richly inclusive cross-section ranging from Schumann’s Opp 2 to 82, from early ardour to later...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 3/2004

Janácek String Quartets Nos. 1 & 2. Berg Lyric Suite

The Juilliards’ performance of Berg’s Lyric Suite is virtuoso in the fullest sense – in the control of every detail...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 12/1996

Fiorillo & Viotti Violin Concertos

These are unfamiliar works and I fear that to me at least they will probably stay that way. Mind you,...

Reviewed in issue 8/1987

Elgar Cathedral Music

This anthology of Elgar's sacred music was recorded in Worcester Cathedral and Hyperion's engineers have captured the clarity and warmth...

Reviewed in issue 1/1989

Prokofiev Piano Works

The principal glory of this Prokofiev recital is a masterly account of the Second Sonata. Barry Douglas has the full...

Reviewed by Michael Stewart in issue: 3/1992

Wagner Tristan und Isolde; Parsifal – Karajan

Both these sets were much admired here in their LP form, and are very welcome on CD. The Karajan Parsifal...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 10/1984

Beethoven Piano Concertos

Michael Roll once jokingly remarked that Jorge Bolet did not really get going till he was 60, a reference to...

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 1/1997

Fasch Concertos and Overtures

Johann Friedrich Fasch (1688-1758) trained at the Thomasschule in Leipzig under Kuhnau, spent most of his career working as Kapellmeister...

Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 10/2009

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