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Itzhak Perlman - À la carte

Labelling a menu of sweetmeats “A la carte” might at first glance seem a ‘trifle’ misleading, and yet in this...

Reviewed in issue 1/1996

Mozart Piano Concertos Nos. 18 & 22

Imogen Cooper’s two previous Mozart concerto releases with the Northern Sinfonia and Bradley Creswick (12/06 and 8/08) have both been...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 1/2011

Mahler Symphony No 7

Claudio Abbado began his career with Mahler and has been conducting the composer for his entire professional life. The Ninth...

Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 10/2002

Kirsten Flagstad in Song

Here are three different issues to mark the centenary of Kirsten Flagstad's birth. To the majority of music-lovers she was...

Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 12/1995

Mozart Così fan tutte

There are many things to enjoy about this period-instrument Cosi: the convincing sense of style that runs through it, the...

Reviewed by Stanley Sadie in issue: 9/1985

Beethoven Triple Concerto; Choral Fantasia

Since the Beaux Arts Trio last recorded Beethoven's Triple Concerto in 1977 (Philips, 4/78—nla) two of its personnel have changed,...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 6/1994

Bartók Concerto for Orchestra etc

The most striking episode in this new Concerto for Orchestra is at the beginning of the finale, or rather the...

Reviewed in issue 1/1997

Stravsinsky Orchestral Works

Stravinsky thought the orchestration of the 1947 Petrushka ''more skilful'', though he admitted that for many ''the original music and...

Reviewed by Stephen Johnson in issue: 1/1988

Orchestral Works

Comparing these three CDs has been a joy. They are all desirable and certainly distinguished in different ways, and to...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 11/1987

Rawsthorne String Quartets

The Maggini Quartet’s tireless exploration of the British string quartet repertoire continues in fine style with this indispensable anthology devoted...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 11/2006

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