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R. Strauss Die Frau ohne Schatten

Here, at long last, is the uncut Die Frau ohne Schatten, every note of it, for the first time on...

Reviewed in issue 9/1988

Lutoslawski Orchestral works

This disc is not described as ‘Volume 1’, but it would be good to have a new Lutoslawski series to...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 9/2004

Shostakovich Violin Concertos; Ysaye Amitié for 2 Violins

Even for those of us who never experienced Oistrakh’s full, beautifully moulded tone in the concert hall, there is about...

Reviewed in issue 5/2001

Bartók 44 Duos for Two Violins

Listening to Gyorgy Pauk’s masterful account of the Solo Sonata reminded me of thematic parallels both between the opening motif...

Reviewed in issue 5/1996

Arnold Symphonies Nos 3 and 4

When I welcomed the composer's own recording of his Fourth Symphony, I quoted Andrew Porter's immediate response to its broadcast...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 9/1994

McDowall Seraphim; Dancing Fish

Cecilia McDowall (London-born in 1951) is another of the new generation of highly communicative musicians who, though often inspired by...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 5/2006

Dvorák: String Quartets

Like Schubert, Dvorak turned to the string quartet early in his career, but in neither case is that a cue...

Reviewed by Stephen Johnson in issue: 8/1990

Rachmaninov Liturgy of St John Chrysostom

Having recorded the much better known All-Night Vigil (‘Vespers’) in 1999, King’s here turn to Rachmaninov’s earlier setting of the...

Reviewed by Ivan Moody in issue: 6/2004

American Music for Clarinet and Piano

John Cage’s In a Landscape is a masterpiece of oriental calm, and it’s nicely played here but the bass note...

Reviewed by Peter Dickinson in issue: 11/2004

The Romantic Flute

Only one of the works recorded here is as the composer envisaged it, and that is Schubert’s set of variations...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 3/1998

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