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Boccherini Guitar Quintets

Boccherini’s guitar quintets are not showpieces for the instrument; they are all transcriptions, made late in his career for a...

Reviewed by Stanley Sadie in issue: 2/2004

Gianneo In the Altiplano; 3 Argentinian Dances; Music for Children

Luis Gianneo (1897-1968), along with Juan José Castro, was instrumental in forging an authentically Argentinian musical voice combining European influences...

Reviewed by Tim Parry in issue: 12/2002

Schumann Symphonies; Manfred - Overture

The Concise Grove chronicles George Szell’s ability to achieve a “superb ensemble that embodied... strict notions of discipline in producing...

Reviewed in issue 2/1997

Schubert Symphonies

Richard Hickox and his City of London Sinfonia give eminently sensible performances of these symphonies and at bargain price the...

Reviewed in issue 4/1987

Britten (The) Turn of the Screw

The discography of this work now runs to four versions, each a more-than-worthy representation of the piece. The latest derives...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 5/1999

Mozart Keyboard Works

There are not many pianists around today as interesting and as musically aware as Andras Schiff, and I was curious...

Reviewed by Stanley Sadie in issue: 5/1992

Mozart Church Sonatas

Mozart’s 17 church sonatas were composed for liturgical use at Salzburg Cathedral between 1772 and 1780. Mozart would have performed...

Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 7/2006

Edward Bairstow Choral Works

''The Lord is the strength of my countenance'': hearing Bairstow's vigorous setting of the line one thinks of the strength...

Reviewed in issue 6/1993

Mahler Symphony No 4

If Pierre Boulez's Mahler series has had its highs and lows, to what extent are these more properly attributable to...

Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 5/2000

Beethoven/Haydn/Mozart Lieder

Robert Holl's grave, imposing bass-baritone is most effectively heard here in the more declamatory and dramatic songs, notably Beethoven's Gellert...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 3/2000

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