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Schubert Schwanengesang and other Lieder

This is a wonderful disc by any standard. Indeed, the partnership of Schreier and Schiff—it's a masterstroke of Decca to...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 6/1990

Brahms Piano Concerto 1; Variations, Op. 23

The Hungarian connection is an important one in Brahms interpretation, given Brahms's own feel for the culture of that ancient...

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 10/1989

Alwyn Orchestral Works

I cannot think of a better way to start exploring Alywn's music than with this quartet of highly atmospheric and...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 10/1992

Dvorák; Mendelssohn Piano Trios

Far more than is the case with most long-lived ensembles, Menahem Pressler is the Beaux Arts, having presided over the...

Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 2/2005

Podgaits - Vox Sprituals

The Russian Ephrem Podgaits, born in 1949, would seem to fit neatly into that category of ‘spiritual’ composers who have...

Reviewed by Ivan Moody in issue: 12/2000

British Trumpet Concertos

John Wallace recently announced that he has ceased playing so this enterprising project represents a final chapter in a remarkable...

Reviewed by Jonathan Freeman-Attwood in issue: 9/2006

Schnittke Complete Piano Sonatas

Alfred Schnittke’s piano sonatas have always struck me as one of the most problematic areas of what remains a problematic...

Reviewed by Philip_Clark in issue: 4/2009

Julian Bream plays Dowland and Bach

When, in 1950, a teenage Julian Bream happened upon Peter Warlock’s piano arrangements of some of John Dowland’s lute pieces,...

Reviewed by William Yeoman in issue: 10/2008

Handel Arias

Until making this recording Rolando Villazón had sung “barely a note of Handel in public”. There will be some who...

Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 5/2009

Donizetti Maria Stuarda

“What place is this?” asks Queen Elizabeth, badly briefed on her arrival at Fotheringay. It’s a question we may have...

Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 6/2009

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