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Brahms Piano Concerto No 1
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra | Krystian Zimerman | Simon Rattle
‘Every recording documents a single moment,’ proclaims the accompanying essay. It is a curious phrase to select from Zimerman’s reflections...
Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 5/2006
Mozart Lieder
Hartmut Höll | Helmut Deutsch | Josef Protschka | Mitsuko Shirai
Although the jewel-box cover gives Shirai and Protschka equal billing, Shirai only performs four of the collected group of 31...
Reviewed in issue 10/1994
Britten War Requiem
This performance is a revelation. Philip Reed, in his authoritative note, points out that, unbeknown to many, Britten and Giulini...
Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 1/2001
Beethoven String Quartets
These are very fine performances. The Petersen Quartet came together in Berlin in 1979, when they were still students, and...
Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 3/1995
Trevor Hold Piano Works
Trevor Hold is a man of many parts: a composer and a poet, who has spent much of his life...
Reviewed in issue 10/1993
The Edge of Space
The Gordon Jacob Concerto, written for the great Archie Camden in 1935, is entirely winning, a work to grace any...
Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 10/1994
Donizetti Anna Bolena
Bergamo‚ Donizetti’s home town‚ was appropriately the city where Anna Bolena‚ the master’s first decisive success‚ had its first revival...
Reviewed in issue 10/2001
Ivanovs Orchestral Works, Volume 1
Dzintars Women's Choir | Latvian National Symphony Orchestra | Vassily Sinaisky
These works from 1939 and 1941 – the Symphony more scenic than satisfyingly symphonic – show the Latvian, Janis Ivanovs,...
Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 11/1998
Martin Vocal & Orchestral Works
This is the fourth disc in what is proving an invaluable survey of Frank Martin from Matthias Bamert and the...
Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 3/1996
Grieg; Sibelius Scandinavian Songs
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra | Karita Mattila | Sakari Oramo
Karita Mattila’s impeccably planned career continues its relentless rise. Having left behind Mozart on the operatic stage, she recently tackled...
Reviewed by Richard Fairman in issue: 6/2004
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