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Vivaldi Concertos for Recorder & Strings

There are other middle-of-the-road recordings of all these winsome works, but in none does the recorder sound more fleet of...

Reviewed by John Duarte in issue: 6/2000

Kienzl Der Evangelimann

Der Evangelimann (''The Evangelist''; 1895) is the work by which Wilhelm Kienzl is now almost exclusively remembered. Its original success...

Reviewed by Andrew Lamb in issue: 9/1989

Shostakovich Piano Concerto No 2; Symphony, Op 118a

Dmitri Shostakovich Jr gives a much more likeable performance of his grandfatherhs Piano Concerto No. 2 than he did of...

Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 5/1986

Rossini Overtures

There were times, listening to this record, when I thought I ought to be enjoying it more than I was;...

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 8/1998

Mozart Piano Works

The cycle of Mozart piano sonatas given in London's Wigmore Hall a year or or so ago by Mitsuko Uchida...

Reviewed by rgolding in issue: 7/1984

Weber Clarinet Concertos; Clarinet Quintet

Martin Fröst's style of playing is well suited to Weber: he has a clear, fresh tone and fingers undefeated by...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 2/2007

Albéniz Henry Clifford

When the colourful Arthurian opera Merlin appeared on disc nearly three years ago (12/00), it came as a surprise even...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 8/2003

Vivaldi Chamber Concertos

In writing his innovatory 23 concertos for groups of three to six mixed soloists and basso continuo, Vivaldi anticipated a...

Reviewed by John Duarte in issue: 3/1989

Sibelius Symphonies Nos 1 & 3

Petri Sakari and the Iceland orchestra made a very positive impression in their earlier Sibelius recording of Pelleas, the King...

Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 1/1999

(The) Symphonic Swedish Organ

Never mind that few of the composers represented here will be generally familiar to organ lovers outside Sweden, I can...

Reviewed by Marc Rochester in issue: 7/2010

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