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Beethoven; Schubert; Weber Flute Works
Emmanuel Pahud made these recordings for Auvidis in 1993-95 before his international career took off, both in the concert hall...
Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 11/2002
Schumann Piano Works
A collection which has given me great pleasure. Five hours of Kempff’s Schumann for DG‚ intelligently presented and in nicely...
Reviewed in issue 10/2001
Handel Saul
The current feast on disc for Handelians continues with this exhilarating performance of one of the greatest music dramas in...
Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 8/1991
Tchaikovsky Piano Concertos Nos 1 and 2
This is easily the best of Sviatoslav Richter's three commercial recordings of Tchaikovsky's B flat Concerto—a big, uncompromising account, delicate...
Reviewed in issue 9/1994
Works for Cello and Piano
Martha Argerich | Mischa Maisky
The amiable Schubert sonata is familiar to us in this cello and piano guise, rather than the very occasional airings...
Reviewed in issue 8/1985
Schubert Piano Works
In his 1975 LP recording of the C minor Sonata (nla) Brendel didn't repeat the first movement's exposition. Here he...
Reviewed by Joan Chissell in issue: 4/1989
Liszt: Piano Works
Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra | János Ferencsik | Sviatoslav Richter
For most people the Sonata will presumably be the eye-catcher, and it is without doubt a wonderful performance, but personally...
Reviewed in issue 11/1988
Schubert Trout Quintet
Daniel Barenboim | Itzhak Perlman | Jacqueline du Pré | Pinchas Zukerman | Zubin Mehta
The first part of this DVD celebrates the unique occasion when on August 30, 1969, five young friends – stars...
Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 11/2005
Schubert Piano Sonata, D959. Schumann Piano Sonata 2
Schumann's G minor Sonata here makes its first appearance on CD in this country. (Martha Argerich's DG recording from 1972,...
Reviewed in issue 8/1988
Mozart Keyboard Concertos
English Baroque Soloists | John Eliot Gardiner | Malcolm Bilson
Well, this is the acid test: how will period instruments fare when it comes to really large-scale concertos like these...
Reviewed by Stanley Sadie in issue: 1/1988
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