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Liszt Piano Works, Vol.26

Liszt was 22 when writing the three Apparitions with which these two discs end, pieces now acknowledged as marking his...

Reviewed by Joan Chissell in issue: 7/1994

Schubert Lieder

A bland recital, this. If there is happiness, it is of an habitual, day-to-day sort (your favourite table at the...

Reviewed in issue 8/1993

Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major Op 15; Bagatelles Op 126

Beethoven first made his name in Vienna after his arrival there in 1792 as an improvising pianist, a feared adversary...

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 6/2008

Handel: Orchestral works

The Royal Philharmonic are the first UK orchestra to promote their own records rather than getting outside sponsorship, and one...

Reviewed in issue 6/1986

Chausson Le Roi Arthus

Poor Chausson, he sketched ideas for at least ten operas, but Le roi Arthus was the only one he achieved...

Reviewed by Patrick O'Connor in issue: 3/1999

Lighten our Darkness

Subtitled “Music for the Close of Day”, this is a generous anthology of “choral classics” conducive to calm and meditation....

Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 12/2006

Mahler Symphony No 4

This is an outstandingly idiomatic and well played reading of Mahler's Fourth Symphony. It merits comparison with classic pre-digital LP...

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 9/1984

Hans Hotter

In January, Hans Hotter celebrated his 94th birthday. Just 30 years before, Hotter returned to London to give what was...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 4/2003

Vivaldi Choral Works & Concertos

Once having recovered from the shock of hearing the jubilant opening chorus of Vivaldi’s celebrated setting of the Gloria, sung...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 6/1998

Mozart Bastien und Bastienne; 2 Lieder

Mozart wrote Bastien und Bastienne when he was 12; it was his second opera, for he already had behind him...

Reviewed by Stanley Sadie in issue: 11/1987

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