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Schubert Die schöne Müllerin

''Der Mensch hat so eine Stimme'' (''The man has a tone of voice'') says Rocco of Florestan, and it's always...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 11/1989

Great Virtuosi of the Harpsichord, Vol 2

Kirkpatrick’s name is so closely associated with his classic book on Scarlatti and his recordings of Bach that it pulls...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 11/1996

Merkel Complete Organ Sonatas, Volume 1

Generations of British organists will know of Gustav Merkel through the countless collections of very short and simple organ music...

Reviewed by Marc Rochester in issue: 8/1997

Mendelssohn String Quintets

“The most precociously gifted composer the world has ever known.” Annotator Julian Haylock justifiably celebrates a musical talent “which was...

Reviewed in issue 8/1998

Lassus Lagrime di San Pietro

Lassus completed his swan-song days before his death on June 14th, 1594. The decision to set 20 stanzas from Luigi...

Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 8/1994

Bach Sonatas and Partitas, BWV1001-06

With these impressive performances (on her beautiful-toned Amati) of the Solo Sonatas and Partitas Monica Huggett sweeps other baroque interpretations...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 1/1998

Piano recital by Santiago Rodriguez

The Spanish pianist, Santiago Rodriguez (a new name to me) was ''propelled into the international spotlight'', so we're told, after...

Reviewed by Joan Chissell in issue: 9/1987

Alkan 12 Studies, Op 39 etc

Veteran enthusiasts of Alkan will need no introduction to Ronald Smith’s superlative 1977 recording of the complete Etudes, Op. 39...

Reviewed by Michael Stewart in issue: 8/1997

Brazilian Rhapsody

The ever-versatile Daniel Barenboim puts his baton on one side and returns to the recording studio as pianist, here not...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: /2000

Wagner (Die) Meistersinger von Nurnberg

Retired Festival chief Wolfgang Wagner’s third Bayreuth production of his grandfather’s tricky comedy finally gains a commercial release nearly a...

Reviewed by Mike Ashman in issue: 13/2008

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