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Beethoven Fidelio
At last this noble document has appeared on an 'official' label. Whatever your opinion concerning the interpretation of Fidelio, you...
Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 12/1993
Wolf Lieder
This invaluable issue comprises all of Hotter’s recordings for EMI not so far transferred to CD by that company itself,...
Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 12/2000
J. Strauss II Die Fledermaus
So soon after reviewing Karajan’s live Vienna State Opera recording of Fledermaus from RCA (7/99) – lively but with acres...
Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 10/1999
SCHUMANN Piano Quartet. Piano Quintet
Schumann’s was the first great piano quintet, an instrumental combination virtually unknown at the time. Amazingly, the two Schumann masterpieces...
Reviewed by Stephen Cera in issue: 02/2024
SCHUMANN Three Violin Sonatas (Alina Ibragimova)
Alina Ibragimova | Cédric Tiberghien
It’s interesting how strangely set apart Schumann’s violin sonatas remain from the standard repertoire, and thus how comparatively sporadically new...
Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner in issue: 03/2025
Beethoven Piano Trios
The Solomon Trio was formed in 1990, the year that Timothy Hugh (then principal cello of the BBC Symphony Orchestra)...
Reviewed by Joan Chissell in issue: 11/1992
Franck; Schubert; Stravinsky Works for Piano and Cello
Pascal Godart | Tatjana Vassilieva
Tatjana Vassilieva is a remarkable cellist – if you’ve not heard either of her previous recordings, I’d urge you to...
Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 10/2004
Beethoven Piano Sonatas, Vol. 4
Despite the dedication to him, Haydn found Beethoven's Op. 2 Sonatas by no means entirely satisfactory. If he had heard...
Reviewed in issue 9/1990
Beethoven Violin Sonatas 3 & 5
Ralph Holmes | Richard Burnett
The violin played on this record is a very late specimen by Antonio Stradivari and it had been loaned by...
Reviewed in issue 8/1985
Beethoven Piano Sonatas; (32) Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 13
One day I expect Leon McCawley to join the ranks of the acclaimed few we go to hear in complete...
Reviewed in issue 13/2001
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