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Beethoven String Quartets Nos 2, 11 and 16

Three works, reflecting different stages in Beethoven’s artistic life, form the first in a projected series of the string quartets...

Reviewed by Nalen Anthoni in issue: 1/2006

Cello Concertos

Young Matt Haimovitz has chosen two early cello concertos—the C. P. E. Bach A major and the Haydn C major—and...

Reviewed in issue 4/1990

Petersen Quartett .... on Tour

A mixed programme, this, comprising a documentary of the Petersen Quartet on tour in the US, short spots for each...

Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 1/2004

Bach Cantatas, Vol 14

Collectors of the Koopman complete cantata series need to keep their wits about them following the transfer of the project...

Reviewed by Jonathan Freeman-Attwood in issue: 3/2004

Gerhard Hüsch (1901-1984) sings Schubert

If I wanted to give a young, aspiring singer of Lieder an example to follow, I would have to turn...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 10/1990

Beethoven Complete Piano Sonatas

Buying boxed sets of central repertory is often a lazy way of collecting, fraught with danger for the discriminating listener....

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 3/1991

Byrd Masses and Motets

This for me, is the sort of musical bliss which should never stop. The Tallis Scholars let the composer's phrases...

Reviewed in issue 3/1986

Arnold Overtures

No composer today knows better how to have fun in his music than Malcolm Arnold, and these five overtures—from his...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 6/1992

Mendelssohn/Shostakovich Symphonies

Any disadvantage over the oddity of coupling can be turned on its head: with Solti directing fresh and sympathetic performances...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 10/1994

Leclair Violin Concertos, Vol. 1

When Jaap Schroder's 1978 recording of Leclair violin concertos was re-released a few months ago, I remarked that it showed...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 8/1994

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