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Mahler Symphony No 10

The Vienna Philharmonic had not played Deryck Cooke’s performing version of Mahler’s Tenth until Daniel Harding introduced it to the...

Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 7/2008

Brahms Alto Rhapsody; Wagner Wesendonck Lieder

This disc is notable both for its programme and execution. Stephanie Blythe impressed me greatly in a recital of Baroque...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 2/2005

Il Codice di Staffarda

Programmes devised round a single manuscript often contain a selection of short pieces. This one presents two complete Masses from...

Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 3/1997

Mosonyi Piano Music for Four Hands

These piano duets demand virtuosity, which they get in exuberant performances here. The Grand Duo is a proper virtuoso piece,...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 12/1994

Piano Recital by Duckachev

The Russian pianist Sergei Dukachev may not be a familiar name – although he has made numerous recordings for the...

Reviewed by Tim Parry in issue: 1/2003

Beethoven Complete Violin Sonatas

In the 1950s these recordings would have given a very up-to-date impression, I imagine; the playing is extremely clean –...

Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 12/2000

Tchaikovsky Symphony No 4; Capriccio Italien

We know more about Tchaikovsky’s turbulent emotions from his Fourth Symphony than from any other of his works because he...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 2/2006

Shostakovich Symphonies Nos 1 & 15

Gergiev’s Shostakovich is rarely the kind of hyper-intense experience communicated by his great Russian forebears – Mravinsky, Kondrashin, Svetlanov and...

Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 13/2009

Scarlatti Keyboard Sonatas

The set as a whole presents a good variety of texture, pace, mood and key (14 of the 21 Scarlatti...

Reviewed by John Duarte in issue: 1/1986

Beethoven Symphonies Nos 1 and 2

‘The Norrington Nine’ sounds vaguely seditious, which is how I imagine Sir Roger would wish it to sound. Seventy next...

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 8/2003

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