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Mendelssohn - Piano Works

French pianist Marie-Josephe Jude, now in her thirties, studied with Aldo Ciccolini and briefly with Gyorgy Cziffra, and in this...

Reviewed by Tim Parry in issue: 3/2001

Haydn String Quartets

When, in 1987, The Lindsays set out to record Haydn quartets for ASV the first issues stemmed from live performances,...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 3/2000

Transcendent Journey

On the surface, this release looks as though Chuquisengo has grabbed a random selection of scores from the top of...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 11/2005

Barber Piano Works

We need to be clear what this CD contains: this is not quite the Complete Works for Solo Piano, as...

Reviewed by Peter Dickinson in issue: 10/1993

Sibelius; Smetana String Quartets

Here is a coupling that works on several levels. Programmatically, Sibelius’s “intimate voices” link up with the autobiographical driving force...

Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 8/2011

Mozart Symphonies 29, 33 & 40

The three symphonies are presented in reverse chronological order here, which is understandable when the great G minor comes in...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 8/1997

Takemitsu Piano Works

Frankly, I find it difficult to recommend a full-price disc that offers a playing time of only 39'55''. Perhaps if...

Reviewed by Michael Stewart in issue: 11/1992

Abel Overtures and Sinfonias

Carl Friedrich Abel was a leading figure in London music during the 1760s and '70s, and with JC Bach played...

Reviewed by Stanley Sadie in issue: 11/2002

Karayev Ballet Suites

Few Soviet-era ballets are as bad as one expects them to be, usually because the composer manages to squeeze something...

Reviewed in issue 12/1995

Edward Kilenyi Pathé Recordings

Edward Kilenyi is an 86-year-old Hungarian-American pianist who, understandably, enjoyed a glittering international career during his heyday. A fellow-pupil of...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 9/1996

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