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Reger Piano Concerto; Schubert Sonata D960; Schumann 6 Intermezzi
Cologne Radio Symphony Orchestra | Eduard Erdmann | Hans Rosbaud
Some historic recordings matter more than others, and this one matters more than most. It enshrines what is possibly the...
Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 10/2007
Schubert Symphony 9 etc
Adrian Boult | BBC Symphony Orchestra | Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Schubert’s Great C major Symphony was a work close to Boult’s heart. He recorded it for the first time in...
Reviewed in issue 6/2002
Boccherini/Schubert Quintets
Cho-Liang Lin | Isaac Stern | Jaime Laredo | Sharon Robinson | Yo-Yo Ma
A glamorous line-up of soloists is, of course, far from a guaranteed recipe for success in chamber music, especially in...
Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 13/1997
Schubert Symphony No 9; Schumann Symphony No 4
Josef Krips | London Symphony Orchestra
Reissues like this and the 1958 Decca Don Giovanni suggest that it may be time for a Krips reappraisal (do...
Reviewed by Stephen Johnson in issue: 10/1990
Op 2
CHAARTS Chamber Artists | Sebastian Bohren
First to arrive was a CD called ‘Equal’ (7/16), the focus there being Beethoven’s Violin Concerto, and now we have...
Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 06/2017
Songs From Our Ancestors
Since it opened in January 2014, the Globe’s Sam Wanamaker Playhouse has hosted almost as much music as theatre, establishing...
Reviewed by Alexandra Coghlan in issue: 11/2016
Andrew Tyson: Landscapes
The headstrong temperament characterising Andrew Tyson’s previous two albums (3/15, 6/17) reaches affettuoso heights throughout his latest release. He can’t...
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: AW2019
Martha Argerich - Live from Lugano Festival 2006
Begin with the first work on the first disc, Schumann’s Piano Quartet. Every dynamic mark in the introduction is meticulously...
Reviewed by Nalen Anthoni in issue: 10/2007
Schubert Piano Duets
Inspiration flourishes under pressure. He must have known that he had limited time left to him, for the first three...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 10/2009
Schubert Violin and Viola Works
Gérard Wyss | Raphael Oleg | Raphaël Oleg
The fine sound strikes one at once here, and that favourable first impression is soon followed by the realization that...
Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 7/1994
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