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Beethoven Piano Trios Vol. 3

In this third volume of their Beethoven piano trio cycle (the first and second were reviewed 4/91 and 3/92), the...

Reviewed by Joan Chissell in issue: 11/1992

Rautavaara Piano Works

The most interesting aspect of hearing piano music by a composer known primarily for his orchestral work is in spotting...

Reviewed in issue 8/1999

Towards the Light - Choral Works of Peter Klatzow

The music of South African composer Peter Klatzow (b1945) was unknown to me before hearing this disc but I am...

Reviewed by Ivan Moody in issue: 7/2006

Arnold/Britten/Maconchy Clarinet Concertos

Designed in part as a tribute to Frederick Thurston, who died just 40 years ago, this collection of short concertante...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 12/1993

Beethoven Piano Sonatas, Vol 1

Angela Hewitt’s first instalment in a projected Beethoven sonata cycle for Hyperion offers intelligent, stylish and often illuminating interpretations. The...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 11/2006

Beethoven Symphony No 9, 'Choral'

Does this Ninth differ radically in its shape, thrust and strength from either EMI’s studio recording, made six weeks previously,...

Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 8/2009

Haydn The 43 Piano Trios

The 1970s were heady years indeed for the Haydn collector, with complete recorded cycles of the symphonies, quartets and keyboard...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 7/1992

Mozart Divertimenti, etc

The main piece on this disc, Mozart's last and most richly worked Salzburg Divertimento, K334, receives a decent, competent performance;...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 7/1991

Johann Heinrich Rolle Christmas Oratorio

Johann Heinrich Rolle belonged to the generation of J. S. Bach’s elder sons, and to the talented group of composers...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 12/1997

Musickes Sweetest Joyes

This fine recording ought to come with a health warning. If you are feeling cheerful when you start to play...

Reviewed by Richard Lawrence in issue: 11/2004

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