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Mendelssohn Symphony No 3; Violin Concerto

Here is a strong, intelligent performance of Mendelssohn’s greatest symphony. Not even in the Italian Symphony did he achieve such...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 4/2003

Clementi Keyboard Sonatas

Clementi's success as a performer, teacher, composer, music publisher and piano manufacturer made him an important figure in the history...

Reviewed in issue 12/1993

Chopin Piano Concertos 1 & 2

Krystian Zimerman was in his early twenties when he recorded the Chopin concertos for DG two decades ago, with Carlo...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 13/1999

Delius Florida; North Country Sketches

This is a glorious record. Chandos have provided a wonderful quality of sound; it is warm, atmospheric and totally natural,...

Reviewed in issue 7/1986

Boughton The Immortal Hour

The Immortal Hour is part of theatrical folklore: In London in the early 1920s it ran, unprecedentedly, for 216 consecutive...

Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 3/1984

Spanish Impressions

Joaquin Turina has left me cold, hitherto, so I was surprised to have warmed to his Serenata (1942). A warm,...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 10/2000

Chopin Piano Works-Rubinstein

After a prolonged absence Rubinstein returned to Russia in 1964, gave one of his greatest recitals, and set musical Moscow...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 3/1997

Dowland Honey from the Hive

Semper Dowland, semper dolens. And indeed, the melancholy strain is never far from view in this latest selection of John...

Reviewed by William Yeoman in issue: 4/2006

Psalms from St Paul's Vol 11

It is, perhaps, a curious reflection in the face of so much godly doctrine, but I found myself wondering what...

Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 8/2000

Eva Urbanová - Czech Opera Arias

Eva Urbanova’s ringing dramatic soprano will already be familiar to collectors of Smetana’s operas who have acquired the Supraphon sets...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 11/1999

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