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Kurt Weill: Songs

In juxtaposing music from the first and last decades of Weill's compositional career this disc contributes further towards scotching the...

Reviewed by Andrew Lamb in issue: 11/1988

Mozart Piano Concertos

All three of these players offer a particularly good performance of the E flat Concerto, K449, a work which often...

Reviewed by Stephen Plaistow in issue: 2/1989

Tansman Violin Concerto etc

Listening to this selection of scores from one of 20th-century music’s also-rans, I was reminded of Diaghilev’s advice to the...

Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 12/2000

Dvorák String Quartets

It is good to have these two quartets back in the catalogue. They are not among Dvorak's most popular, but...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 5/1990

Joyce DiDonato - Furore

One of the most enjoyable “gems from” Handel discs in recent years was “Amor e gelosia”, a recital of duets...

Reviewed by Richard Lawrence in issue: 1/2009

Mozart Die Entführung aus dem Serail: Harmoniemusik

You can, of course, buy CDs of Die Entfuhrung and Don Giovanni. I say that because the whole point of...

Reviewed by Stanley Sadie in issue: 11/1990

Beethoven Cello Sonatas

The Tortelier and Heidsieck Beethoven cello sonatas have been digitally remastered, and their refinement, mischief and, above all, fine sense...

Reviewed by hfinch in issue: 2/1987

Jussi Bjoerling Rediscovered

First thought – perhaps prompted by the previous night’s London recital in which the allowance was four songs, seven arias...

Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 3/2004

Simon Haram - Alone

This recording could easily be dismissed on one listening as a sub-Argo collection of vaguely fashionable names. In fact, Haram’s...

Reviewed by rthomas in issue: 10/1999

Feldman Works for Violin and String Quartet

This is a long way from the accessible Feldman of the film music (Kairos, 3/03) or from the fourth and...

Reviewed by Peter Dickinson in issue: 7/2003

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