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Schubert Piano Works

Katin’s recent accounts of Schubert’s Impromptus on an 1832 Clementi square piano are among the most atmospheric period-instrument performances of...

Reviewed in issue 2/1996

Reger Organ Works

CDs have given listeners the opportunity to get to grips with Reger’s highly complex and emotionally intense musical language. The...

Reviewed by Christopher Nickol in issue: 3/2006

Handel German Arias

Handel's nine German Arias are not as well known nor as often recorded as they deserve, perhaps because, being devotional...

Reviewed by Stanley Sadie in issue: 4/2000

Cilèa Adriana Lecouvreur

Handsomely produced, notably well conducted and with two famous and favourite artists in the leading female roles, this performance seems...

Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 12/2000

Farrenc Works for Violin and Piano

Louise Farrenc (1804-75), a courageously lone figure in a man's world, was a highly skilled composer, pianist and teacher and,...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 5/2008

Brahms Sonatas for Clarinet and Piano; Schumann Works for Clarinet and Piano

It is a pity that in its early history the gramophone did not move a little faster and get a...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 5/2006

Brahms Cello Sonatas

In 1984 Steven Isserlis made excellent recordings for Hyperion of the Brahms sonatas with Peter Evans (4/86 – nla); this...

Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 1/2006

Holst Planets

Here's a Planets crammed full of interpretative incident, superbly played by a legendary orchestra which had never previously set eyes...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 5/2000

Mahler Symphony No 5

For those of us weaned on the 'old school' of Mahler conducting—as advocated by Walter, Barbirolli Bernstein, Tennstedt and their...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 6/1989

Bach Viola da gamba Sonatas

The cello has more than once acted as locum for the viola da gamba in these sonatas, now it is...

Reviewed by John Duarte in issue: 1/1995

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