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Mozart Piano Works

As the Kochel numbers suggest, these two works were written consecutively. Mozart himself wrote to his father after the premiere...

Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 4/1993

Ligeti String Quartets 1 & 2

The Wergo booklet carries a photograph of a twinkling-eyed Ligeti peering over a writing-stand like Mr Chad—the image suits his...

Reviewed in issue 8/1989

Hans Pfitzner Accompanies & Conducts

The 12 songs here were available on Preiser in a good LP transfer, while the Symphony was also briefly in...

Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 7/1991

Walton Choral Music

So soon after the excellent Naxos disc from St John’s College Choir of Walton’s shorter choral pieces‚ a new rival...

Reviewed in issue 7/2002

Karel Ancerl, Volume 1

Karel Ancerl was a fine conductor and an honest musician whose 1950s-60s Supraphon recordings with the Czech Philharmonic include many...

Reviewed in issue 3/1996

Estévez/Villa-Lobos Choral Works

The appearance here of the highly picturesque and colourful Cantata criolla, the most famous work of the Venezuelan composer Antonio...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 4/1993

Roussel Bacchus et Ariane & Festin de l'araignée

As compared to his contemporary Dukas, Roussel has been somewhat sidelined as a “connoisseur’s composer”. That presumably means that he...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 8/1996

Keiser Masagniello furioso

Hamburg opened its opera house in the Gansemarkt in 1678 with, Adam und Eva a biblical singspiel by Johann Theile....

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 11/1993

Beethoven Fidelio

Collectors have been waiting impatiently for this classic set to appear on CD. In comparisons it has almost always emerged...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 1/1990

Brahms Symphony No 1; Mozart Symphony No 36

Giulini appears to have taken Mozart’s festive and eloquent Linz Symphony into his repertory when he was in his mid-50s,...

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 5/2006

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