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Bach Magnificat; Cantata BWV21
Unlike the EMI Double Fortes discussed last month this fascinatingly varied group of budget-price reissues has excellent documentation, including full...
Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 4/2001
Wagner (Der) Ring des Nibelungen
During the pioneering post-war era at Bayreuth the conducting of the Ring was shared among the Ks – Karajan, Krauss,...
Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 2/2006
Beethoven: Piano Concertos
With its sometimes diffuse structuring and recurrent strain of fantasy, Beethoven's C minor Piano Concerto—Arrau's recent recording of it completes...
Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 1/1989
Beethoven Violin Concerto; Romances 1 & 2
London Symphony Orchestra | Maxim Vengerov | Mstislav Rostropovich
Some years ago while working as a freelance newspaper journalist I trailed the LSO on a concert tour of Israel....
Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 11/2005
Beethoven Violin Sonatas
Anne-Sophie Mutter | Lambert Orkis
These are compelling, thought-provoking performances. The main question they raise is how far should an interpreter go in supplementing what’s...
Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 11/1998
Beethoven Early String Quartets
Robert Simpson disagreed with the writers who believed that Beethoven’s backward glances to Haydn and Mozart in his Op 18...
Reviewed by Nalen Anthoni in issue: 4/2004
Brana Record Collection, Volume 1
Felicja Blumental was born in Warsaw in 1908 and died in Tel Aviv in 1991. Although immersed in the standard...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 2/2008
Rachmaninov from Ampico Piano Rolls
Over the past 20 years or so I have followed the release of piano-roll material on disc with great interest....
Reviewed by James Methuen-Campbell in issue: 6/1990
Beethoven Violin Sonatas Nos 9 'Kreutzer' & 10
David Korevaar | Edward Dusinberre
Listening to Edward Dusinberre’s playing on this disc, we can hear the same expertise and thoughtfulness as a Beethoven player...
Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 9/2010
Beethoven Symphony No. 7; Coriolan
Northern Sinfonia | Richard Hickox
Sensible, interesting performances with an orchestra that is smaller than usual today for such music. There is a gain in...
Reviewed in issue 1/1985
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