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Brahms Piano Concerto 2

Taken live from a Berlin concert in 1995 Pollini’s and Abbado’s Brahms Second is among the most formidably single-minded on...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 4/1998

d'Indy Wallenstein

Like my colleague Ivan March I derived enormous pleasure from the first volume in Rumon Gamba’s d’Indy series for Chandos...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 4/2009

Reed Works for Violin and Piano

William Henry Reed was leader of the London Symphony Orchestra from 1912 to 1935, a Professor of the Violin at...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 3/2004

Bach; Kreisler; Ysaÿe Solo Violin Works

‘It is said that fewer people learn to play the violin today than a few years ago‚’ claims András Batta...

Reviewed in issue 13/2002

Mozart Flute Quartets

Mozart’s Flute Quartets played on recorders? Unusual but not improbable; and Michala Petri, who uses recorders in three different pitches,...

Reviewed by Nalen Anthoni in issue: 11/2008

French Orchestral Works

The transparency of sound in this attractively devised collection comes out the more tellingly on CD, though at times—as in...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 7/1985

Pacini Carlo di Borgogna

Firstly‚ a word to enthusiasts: that is‚ to those with a special interest in early 19th­century opera‚ who may‚ perhaps‚...

Reviewed in issue 10/2002

Johann Gottfried Eckard Six Sonatas

Johann Gottfried Eckard (1735-1809) was the first composer in Paris (where he was active, despite his German nationality) to conceive...

Reviewed by Tim Parry in issue: 12/1997

Poulenc Orchestral Works

It has taken three years for this disc to be issued, but I suppose the celebration of Poulenc’s centenary was...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 3/1999

Petitgirard Joseph Merrick dit Elephant Man

The brief life of Joseph Carey Merrick, known because of his pitiful deformities as the Elephant Man, has already proved...

Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 1/2001

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