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Beethoven Orchestral Works

These were sensational recordings in their day. Technically, they still have an enormous power and presence, though digital remastering picks...

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 12/1992

Liszt Annees de Pelerinage Year I; Piano Sonata

I have not previously encountered Michael Korstick (b1955, Cologne) though the booklet tells me his “pathbreaking” recording of Beethoven’s Hammerklavier...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 4/2010

Yuri Bashmet Recital

A gold star to Yuri Bashmet for coming clean about the viola's problems: on page 26 he admits to Edward...

Reviewed by Stephen Johnson in issue: 6/1991

Tchaikovsky Orchestral Works

Hot on the heels of Dohnanyi's Vienna version on Decca—beautifully played and richly recorded but lacking something in temperament until...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 4/1992

Scarlatti/Rameau Guitar Works

It was Segovia who, over half a century ago, pointed guitarists in the direction of Scarlatti and, with arrangements of...

Reviewed by John Duarte in issue: 5/1994

Bizet Symphony in C; Jeux d'enfants; Roma

Roma could be considered a misnomer. Aside from the fact that Bizet’s hybrid symphony-cum-suite conjures up no compelling evocations of...

Reviewed by Geoffrey Norris in issue: 11/2010

Tchaikovsky Orchestral Works

This is my Tchaikovsky 'record of the year' and I am not a bit surprised, for I heard Sian Edwards...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 12/1989

Schubert; Schumann Piano Works

Schubert composed his A minor Sonata, D784, in 1823, the year in which he learnt he was suffering from an...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 12/2007

Sor Guitar Works

When I reviewed the LP of this programme I noted that the Sonata, Op. 25 then had no other current...

Reviewed by John Duarte in issue: 1/1989

Bach Organ Works

Erato are certainly out to corner the market of complete Bach organ music with Marie-Claire Alain. While on the one...

Reviewed by Marc Rochester in issue: 2/1993

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