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Poulenc Piano Works

Poulenc had a low of opinion of his piano music in general, complaining it was too dependent on the textures...

Reviewed by rnichols in issue: 6/2004

Weill Zar lässt sich Photographieren

Here is a marvellous little opera, superbly researched, most winningly performed and handsomely produced in a 1984 studio recording by...

Reviewed in issue 5/1990

Schubert Complete Lieder, Vol. 1

Graham Johnson has explained, in his interview with Hilary Finch on page 532, the aims and purpose of his enormously...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 10/1988

Hummel Piano Works

This attractive recital presents several sides of Hummel's creative personality, from the classical sonata to the fanciful early romantic character...

Reviewed by Stanley Sadie in issue: 6/2000

English Fantasia

A probing intelligence informs every bar of Paul Daniel’s Elgar collection. Ally this gifted conductor’s inquisitive ear to an opulent...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 3/1999

Doctor Dolittle Original Soundtrack

A 30-year-old film that can still command a television audience on Christmas Eve 1996 of 2.8 million viewers “can’t be...

Reviewed by Adrian Edwards in issue: 13/1997

Mozart Concertante Works

Mozart always wrote gratefully for woodwind instruments, including the flute which he disliked, and in any case I feel pretty...

Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 12/1991

Elgar Violin Concerto; Serenade for Strings

Not since Nigel Kennedy’s 1997 remake with Sir Simon Rattle and the CBSO (EMI, 1/98) have I heard an account...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 1/2008

Christa Ludwig - Lieder Recital

As Christa Ludwig spends the autumn taking her farewells of the concert platforms of Europe, and the record companies continue...

Reviewed by hfinch in issue: 7/1994

Schumann Violin and Piano Works

Restricted in her platform activity by an ever growing family, Clara Schumann found increasing solace in music-making at home with...

Reviewed by Joan Chissell in issue: 11/1995

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