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Mozart String Quartet 19 & String Quintet 6

This latest offering in The Lindsays' ongoing survey of Mozart's mature quartets and quintets has all their familiar hallmarks. Both...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 2/2000

Schumann Carnaval; Faschingsschwank aus Wien; Papillons

Having enjoyed Stefan Vladar in a variety of composers I have to admit to disappointment with his Schumann. In what...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 9/2006

Beethoven - Complete Piano Trios, Volume 1

Best here is Ivan Klansky’s sensitive piano playing in the Second Trio’s pre-Brahmsian Largo e espressione. The Scherzo and finale...

Reviewed in issue 6/1999

Bach Solo Violin Partitas and Sonatas

When Grumiaux's recording was issued the sleeve-note proudly stressed that he had used a facsimile of Bach's manuscript; I cannot...

Reviewed by John Duarte in issue: 3/1987

Chopin Etudes (Complete)

No one did more than Chopin to transform the study from a technical exercise into a concert-piece, that’s to say...

Reviewed by Joan Chissell in issue: 1/1996

Music for Mandolin

The fortunes of the mandolin, even more than those of the guitar, have waxed and waned over the centuries, though...

Reviewed by John Duarte in issue: 3/1992

Liszt Harmonies poétiques et religieuses; Sonata in B minor

These two albums are offered as daunting tributes to celebrate the 200th birthday of Franz Liszt. And here pride of...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 8/2011

Paul Plishka sings Ukranian Songs

To create a yardstick for myself before listening to these three new CDs I enjoyed first the miraculous Mercury recording,...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 11/1992

Wagner Tristan und Isolde

I have written glowing reports of this set on more than one occasion in these pages, both when reviewing the...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 11/1985

Messiaen Eclairs sur l'au-delà

When Jade stole a march on DG by getting their live version of Eclairs sur l'Au-Dela out first, I suggested...

Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 12/1994

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