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Prokofiev Peter and the Wolf. Saint-Saëns Carnaval des animaux

Itzhak Perlman as narrator is the dominant figure here, obviously a very experienced storyteller, ever ready to act things out...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 12/1984

Martinu Symphonies 5 & 6

The Fifth was the last in the run of symphonies that Martinu produced in the USA, one each year from...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 12/1988

Schubert Trout Quintet; Arpeggione Sonata; Notturno, D897.

This is a very sprightly Trout. The first movement, a true Allegro vivace, gives a joyful feeling of onward momentum,...

Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 2/1999

Bruckner Symphony No. 3

The Third Symphony with its three very different editions has always been one of the muddier Bruckner battlefields and it...

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 12/1995

Arnold on Brass

The extraordinary virtuosity and diversity of colour achieved by the Grimethorpe Colliery Band can still astonish in spite of their...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 12/1993

Cesare Formichi (1883-1949)

Here is a formidably equipped, unjustly overlooked baritone. Beginning his career in Italy in the early part of the century,...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 11/1994

Beethoven Piano Concertos Nos 4 and 5

With this issue Olli Mustonen completes his cycle of the Beethoven piano concertos, once more fascinating and repelling, with an...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 2/2010

Schumann Piano Works, Vol. 2

However formally perplexing, Schumann's piano sonatas brim over with an irresistible fantasy and freedom. They are also exceptionally demanding, but...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 8/1993

Satie Piano Works, Vol. 1

Satie's lonely spirit must surely be astonished by the way his music has found skilful interpreters and is well represented...

Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 11/1993

Beethoven Symphony No. 7; Coriolan

Sensible, interesting performances with an orchestra that is smaller than usual today for such music. There is a gain in...

Reviewed in issue 1/1985

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