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Webern Complete Works for String Quartet

The Debussy Quartet may indeed be “new interpreters” of Webern, as the title of this series indicates, but they seem...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 1/1997

Pärt Symphony No 3; Tabula Rasa; Fratres

Neeme Jarvi has already recorded Arvo Part’s Symphony No. 3 to fine effect with the Bamberg Symphony for BIS. The...

Reviewed in issue 10/1999

Vivaldi Concertos, Op 8

Simon Standage with The English Concert under Trevor Pinnock's direction made this recording of Vivaldi's 12 Concertos, Op. 8, over...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 8/1988

Beethoven: Lieder recital

This single record of Beethoven's songs may go unnoticed in the mighty shadow cast by Fischer-Dieskau's three-record volume with Harmut...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 7/1985

Rachmaninov Vespers

This disc (previously released in Finland with the more accurate title ‘Vigilia’, the Vespers being only the first part of...

Reviewed by Ivan Moody in issue: 12/2004

Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto 1; Dohnányi Nursery Variations

The CD of Decca's Tchaikovsky/Dohnanyi coupling displays a subtle but distinct gain in tangibility and focus compared with the LP....

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 10/1986

Vivaldi: Recorder Concertos

These are the Vivaldi concertos which ardent recorder players muster when they are determined to leave no stone unturned but...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 6/1988

R. Strauss Daphne

This poorly recorded version is important mainly for Kleiber Senior’s taut, invigorating interpretation, which carries through the variable score with...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 6/1999

Aubert Lemeland Omaha; Songs for the Dead Soldiers

Aubert Lemeland’s Songs for the Dead Soldiers was inspired by images and grateful childhood memories of the liberation by American...

Reviewed by Lawrence Johnson in issue: 10/2005

Respighi Chamber Works

An agreeable collection‚ and further proof that Respighi was writing fine music long before Fontane di Roma arrived in 1916:...

Reviewed in issue 3/2002

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