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Evgeny Kissin plays Chopin
One wonders why this disc has only just been released. Perhaps because it features somewhat perverse playing and RCA wanted...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 6/2007
Handel Rodelinda
Rodelinda was the first of Handel’s operas to be revived in modern times (at Gottingen, in 1920) and the first...
Reviewed by Stanley Sadie in issue: 9/1998
Mozart Piano Works
The sleeve-note reminds us that everything on this record was written in Vienna between 1786-8, when Mozart was at the...
Reviewed by Joan Chissell in issue: 11/1984
Medtner Piano Works
I must be careful not to make this sound like an indiscriminate rave review, but what do you do when...
Reviewed by Michael Stewart in issue: 9/1993
Beethoven: Choral Symphony
Menuhin's account of the Ninth Symphony begins impressively. Though the tempo is quite quick, with tension running high, there is...
Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 4/1991
Brahms; Tchaikovsky Violin Concertos
David Oistrakh’s discography is crammed with memorable recordings of both these works, the Brahms Concerto especially, so any viable newcomers...
Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 2/2003
Finzi Choral works
Finzi Singers | Harry Bicket | Paul Spicer
Fine performances here, and a programme full of music that one can be sure will always reward re-hearing. Best-known are...
Reviewed in issue 9/1991
Saariaho Chamber Works
Andreas Boettger | Lesley Olson | Scott Roller | Susanne Achilles | Thomas Neuhaus
This recital focuses on Kaija Saariaho’s pieces for solo instruments and chamber music. Flute, cello and piano appear alone or...
Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 6/2005
Poulenc Sacred Choral Works
Berlin RIAS Chamber Choir | Marcus Creed
We seem to be in danger of becoming spoilt by the number of fine recordings of Poulenc’s a cappella religious...
Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 8/1996
Mozart Le nozze di Figaro
This reissue has me in two minds. It has the benefit of Fricsay's well-known, crisp, resolute, finely detailed and honed...
Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 10/1994
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