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Trumpet Concertos

Ludwig Güttler (b1943) has established a reputation in Germany for his thrillingly focused piccolo trumpet sound‚ not least in his...

Reviewed in issue 7/2002

Prokofiev Violin and Piano Works

If you were looking for an example of misplaced virtuosity you could hardly do better than this. Individually Argerich and...

Reviewed in issue 10/1992

Beethoven Fidelio

In my 'Collection' article on this work three years ago I suggested that this performance, in a previous incarnation at...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 4/2000

Bach Motets

Until quite recently, only one or two versions showed off these remarkable tours de force to anything approaching what is...

Reviewed by Jonathan Freeman-Attwood in issue: 10/1997

Smetana Libuse

To remind you: Libuse was a mythical ancestor of the Czech people who is said to have founded Prague from...

Reviewed by Mike Ashman in issue: 4/2010

Tchaikovsky The Nutcracker

I remember John Lanchbery's Nutcracker on its original issue, from its packaging. Sponsored by Du Maurier it looked like a...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 8/1988

Wagner Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg

BIS’s Skalkottas cycle gets better with each release – and it started very well (6/98). The Iceland SO has got...

Reviewed in issue 10/1998

Blake Violin Concerto

This is one of the more significant issues on NMC’s Ancora imprint, as David Blake (70 last year) hardly enjoys...

Reviewed by kYlzrO1BaC7A in issue: 7/2007

Shostakovich Chamber Symphony; Symphony for Strings

Rudolf Barshai's amplifications of Shostakovich's Eighth and Tenth String Quartets had the composer's approval. Their objective, in Barshai's words, was...

Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 5/1990

Mendelssohn Piano Sonatas

A reissue of Igor Zhukov's recording of Medtner's First Piano Concerto immediately preceded this recital for review. The change from...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 5/1994

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