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Schumann Lieder

Here we have something special. Olaf Bar, the young East German baritone who won the Walter Gruner Lieder prize at...

Reviewed in issue 6/1986

Elgar; Grieg Violin Sonatas

These two young artists give engaging performances of both sonatas. It’s easy to sense their enjoyment as they play this...

Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 8/2008

Bruckner Symphony No 7

Few would doubt that Reginald Goodall’s conducting of Wagner’s Die Meistersinger was, for all its idiosyncrasy, deeply satisfying. In this...

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 9/2004

Mozart Symphonies Nos 25, 26 & 29

Jérémie Rhorer and his period orchestra Le Cercle de l’Harmonie were new names to me when I encountered them on...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 4/2009

Shchedrin Naughty Limericks; Not Love Alone suite; Piano Concerto No.2

With this expertly transferred and packaged Melodiya reissue it’s the music itself that may be a problem. Rodion Shchedrin (b1932)...

Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 7/2010

Debussy Piano Works, Vol.2

I reviewed the first volume of Paul Crossley's ongoing Debussy series earlier this year (Sony Classical, 4/93), and had several...

Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 9/1993

Prokofiev & Bartók Piano Concertos

Martha Argerich’s return to the studios in two concertos she has not previously recorded is an uplifting moment. As always...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 10/1998

Rameau Dardanus

It seems extraordinary that even though Rameau has at last been recognised (or should that be re-recognised?) as one of...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 7/2000

Martinu Complete Piano Works, Vol 2

In his classic biography of Martinu (Allen Wingate: 1962), Milos Šafránek states that in “the large and varied assortment of...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 5/2007

Mozart: Sonatas for Keyboard and Flute

During his visit to London in 1764-5 Mozart wrote, with a little paternal assistance, a set of six pieces in...

Reviewed by Stanley Sadie in issue: 5/1990

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