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Elgar; Schumann Piano Quintets

The opening of Elgar’s Piano Quintet is one of his most extraordinary utterances. In the right hands, it can pack...

Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 5/2009

Guerrero Zayin. Solos, trios & quartets for strings

Just as England has produced two John Tave (r) ners, Andalusia has its two Francisco Guerreros. The 20th-century composer was...

Reviewed by Tess Knighton in issue: 5/2000

Schumann Symphonies

Comparing the Suitner (Denon) and Sinopoli (DG) versions of the Second Symphony in June, I felt compelled to bring in...

Reviewed by Stephen Johnson in issue: 11/1988

Ravel: Orchestral Works, Vol.2

It's a bold conductor and company that, undeterred by the current 28 CD versions of Bolero, 14 of La valse...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 6/1988

Horowitz Live at Carnegie Hall

If anyone asked me to recommend a particular release that presents Horowitz's playing at its peak, I would have little...

Reviewed by James Methuen-Campbell in issue: 6/1989

Rachmaninov Symphony No 2

Rachmaninov’s Second Symphony is by no means a work that makes performers’ lives easy, and this version from the Bordeaux-Aquitaine...

Reviewed by Geoffrey Norris in issue: 11/2009

Bach Cantatas, Vol 19

Cantatas for the Third Sunday after Epiphany, recorded in Milan, constituted one of the DG releases before their infamous cold...

Reviewed by Jonathan Freeman-Attwood in issue: 9/0

Verdi Requiem; Sacred Pieces

When I first received this set I imagined it was a reissue of Fricsay's DG account made in the early...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 11/1989

French Baroque Lute Works

Had composers followed the advice ''neither a lender nor a borrower be'' music would have been very different. though this...

Reviewed by John Duarte in issue: 7/1985

(The) Golden Ring

Humphrey Burton’s fly-on-the-wall look at Decca recording scenes from Acts 2 and 3 of the Solti Götterdämmerung remains a classic...

Reviewed by Mike Ashman in issue: 13/2007

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