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Karita Mattila - Arias and Scenes

We are surely a favoured generation that has three singers – Renee Fleming, Angela Gheorghiu and Karita Mattila (and perhaps...

Reviewed in issue 7/2001

Leclair Violin & Continuo Sonatas

Bearing in mind that Leclair was considered one of the greatest violinists of his time and wrote extensively for his...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 3/1998

Veracini Violin Sonatas

It is relatively rare to be able to welcome a disc devoted to violin sonatas by a single Baroque composer...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 4/2006

Janácek Glagolitic Mass

Somewhere in here is a bigger and craggier Glagolitic Mass struggling to get out. But Masur's venerable Leipzig orchestra and...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 9/1993

Scriabin Piano Works

Compelling and absorbing performances, and proof that Roger Woodward's interpretative powers extend far beyond the confines of the contemporary, avant-garde...

Reviewed by Michael Stewart in issue: 10/1992

Mozart Piano Concertos, etc

Completed on the day that Mozart became a Freemason, the F major Concerto is a delightful piece and mainly happy...

Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 11/1991

Stravinsky The Soldier's Tale

Shlomo Mintz and his colleagues give a vividly energetic, virtuoso performance, its one slightly questionable aspect, a very slow account...

Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 6/1997

Mozart Arias

As the splendid gallery of photographs in Erato’s booklet reminds us‚ the beautiful Italian soprano has won plaudits as Donna...

Reviewed in issue 9/2001

Mendelssohn String Quartets Nos 1 & 2.

Saturated in Beethoven, youthfully experimental – these are still two of the finest string quartets written in the nineteenth century....

Reviewed by Stephen Johnson in issue: 9/1998

Britten, Grieg and Szymanowski - Violin Works

One of the leading virtues of EMI's Debut series is its programming policy, where the tried-and-tested rubs shoulders with the...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 4/2000

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