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Strauss, R (Der) Rosenkavalier

When prizes are distributed at the Met, it often seems that the soloists get theirs and that even the chorus...

Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 12/2010

Women's Lives and Loves

‘If an opera can have a “plot”, why not a song recital?’ asks Graham Johnson, who since Songmakers’ Almanac days...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 9/2006

Schubert String Quintet

Schubert's sublime C major Quintet is eminently well served on LP at present and its representation on CD is fast...

Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 9/1985

D'Amours Loial Servant -14th-15th-Century Vocal & Instrumental Works

This recital continues a series begun by Alla Francesca on Opus 111, of which it is the third instalment (and...

Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 1/2000

Chopin: Piano Works

The coupling of the Ashkenazy/Decca CD, namely the three impromptus and the Fantaisie-Impromptu, may be somewhat more compelling than on...

Reviewed by James Methuen-Campbell in issue: 12/1987

The Baroque Album

The centrepiece of this recital is in every sense the Chaconne of Bach, not just one more authori tative recording,...

Reviewed by John Duarte in issue: 8/1988

Bach: Keyboard Concertos

Schiff's immaculate playing of Bach on the piano has often been praised in these columns, but I had not myself...

Reviewed in issue 5/1985

Brahms String Quartets; Piano Quintet

There’s definitely a new lightness in the air as far as Brahms is concerned. Not so long ago we had...

Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 11/2008

Roussel Symphonies 1 & 3

While both the Third and the Fourth Symphonies were recorded in the days of 78s—No. 3 by Albert Wolff and...

Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 2/1987

Rubbra Symphonies Nos 3 & 7

With this disc Richard Hickox reaches the penultimate issue in his magisterial survey of the Rubbra symphonies. Only the Fifth...

Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 10/1998

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