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Vivaldi Sacred Music, Vol. 1

Following his successful and mainly satisfying Philips series of Vivaldi's sacred music for soloists, chorus and orchestra, first issued during...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 10/1991

Mozart Violin Concertos Nos 1, 2 and 5

This follow-up to Julia Fischer's widely acclaimed disc of Mozart's Concertos Nos 3 and 4 confirms the 23-year-old as a...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 1/2007

Mozart Piano Quartets, K478 & K493

Modern instrument performances but there is a period-instrument feel to them. It doesn’t fit. In trying to imitate ‘old’ through...

Reviewed by Nalen Anthoni in issue: 5/2006

Jerwood Series 6

The London Sinfonietta’s Jerwood series showcases young composers who would otherwise stand little chance of CD exposure this early in...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 12/2009

Haydn: Symphonies

This Karajan record looks attractively generous and indeed there is some wonderfully polished playing from the Berlin Philharmonic strings. But...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 5/1989

Prokofiev Piano Works, Vol. 7

Though the performance here of the Second Sonata is not as extrovert or exciting as some I have heard recently...

Reviewed by Michael Stewart in issue: 4/1993

Mozart Die Zauberflöte

Comparing this with EMI’s earlier transfer (1/89), I was initially disappointed. Where in other new transfers in EMI’s Great Recordings...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 11/1999

Josef Protschka sings Mozart arias

Protschka confirms here, in most respects, the excellent impression made by his records of Lieder. His tone is warm, his...

Reviewed in issue 3/1989

Flûte a la Française

This delectable disc presents one enchanting facet of the Gallic sensibility after another. And, as Timothy and Janet Creaser Hutchins...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 7/1997

Schumann Piano Works & Chamber Works Vol III

Disc one is an unusual and diverting assembly of chamber works for various instruments (21 separate movements between the six...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 4/2008

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