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MOZART Così fan tutte
Così fan tutte is the most balanced and probing of all Mozart’s operas, formally faultless, musically inspired from start to...
Reviewed in issue 11/1988
Beethoven Piano Sonatas
Comfortable tempi, astutely highlighted inner voices and well-articulated fingerwork distinguish Olga Rusina’s account of Beethoven’s Op 10 No 3 Sonata,...
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 12/2010
Beethoven Piano Quartets
Marc Coppey | Miguel da Silva | Philippe Cassard | Raphael Oleg
Not since the Cummings Trio and Anthony Goldstone back in 1987 has any team come to the rescue of the...
Reviewed in issue 5/1995
Beethoven Piano Variations
Jando's Beethoven sonata cycle for Naxos has already received general critical acclaim. It was with relatively high expectations, therefore, that...
Reviewed in issue 9/1993
Beethoven Piano Sonatas 23, 25 & 32
Reviewing Swartzentruber’s Scarlatti recital‚ also on Solo Records (11/00)‚ I noted playing of an enviable crispness and a definition that...
Reviewed in issue 10/2001
Schubert Complete Symphonies
Even from a conductor who has actively encouraged the Chamber Orchestra of Europe from the start, it is a remarkable...
Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 2/1989
Beethoven's Fifth - a rediscovery
Anima Eterna Orchestra | Jos van Immerseel
The title, I fear, is a misnomer. Neither the performance nor the accompanying documentary tells us anything new about Beethoven’s...
Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 8/2010
Beethoven Violin Sonatas Op 12
Jos van Immerseel | Midori Seiler
The thing to remember here is the designation “for pianoforte and violin”, the violin in this case – an anonymous...
Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 1/2008
Beethoven Piano Sonatas
The authors of the Penguin Guide declared the cycle from which these performances derive as being ''As sound, the finest...
Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 11/1995
Beethoven Piano Sonatas Nos 28 & 29
The straightforward musicianship and beautiful singing tone that distinguished Sverre Larsen’s earlier recording of Bach’s Partitas (Classico, 4/06) make themselves...
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 10/2009
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