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Shostakovich Piano Trio No. 2 & Quintet

This record couples Shostakovich's two most important wartime chamber works and since both are for piano and strings, they make...

Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 7/1983

Mozart Lieder & Keyboard Works

Few of Mozart's songs, be they Lieder, ariettes or canzonette, represent his best work, and so far this year's advocacy...

Reviewed by hfinch in issue: 7/1991

Bjørnstad (The) Light

Ketil Bjørnstad has followed a distinctive creative course from classical piano prodigy to jazz pianist and sui generis composer, while...

Reviewed by Richard_Whitehouse in issue: 10/2008

Schubert Chamber Works

The Trout Quintet's widespread popularity is due partly to its cheerful radiance and warmth, reflective of Schubert's happy experiences in...

Reviewed in issue 1/1994

Adler; Harbison; Piston Viola Concertos

The central figure on Albany’s disc of viola concertos is Walter Piston, who taught both Samuel Adler and John Harbison....

Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 7/2003

Tippett Choral Works

Only Plebs angelica was specifically written for a cathedral choir, or, for that matter, boys' voices, but there is no...

Reviewed by Marc Rochester in issue: 1/1991

Time Stands Still

Time stands still, it is we who change. Old age is the time for contemplation and reconciliation, marked in Dowland's...

Reviewed by John Duarte in issue: 8/1986

Joyce DiDonato - Diva, Divo

The singer’s own booklet-note celebrates this recital as “the world of the mezzo-soprano, who has always been called upon to...

Reviewed by Mike Ashman in issue: 4/2011

Reynolds Alice Through the Looking-Glass Suite

Alfred Reynolds (1884­1969) is perhaps a slightly unlikely candidate for Marco Polo’s series of British light orchestral music‚ since his...

Reviewed in issue 10/2002

Schubert; Schumann Piano works

The cover of this issue in DG’s Originals series shows Caspar David Friedrich’s familiar The Wanderer above the Sea of...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 6/1996

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