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Brahms Violin Sonatas

I suspect that it was the First Sonata that elicted the fondest response from Kyung-Wha Chung and Peter Frankl. Theirs...

Reviewed in issue 12/1998

Britten & R Strauss Cello Sonatas

Once again, utterly distinctive playing from Yo-Yo Ma! I doubt if any other cellist nowadays could play the opening of...

Reviewed by Stephen Johnson in issue: 4/1990

Mendelssohn Works for Piano & Orchestra

After emigrating to the USA as a child, the Viennese-born Anton Kuerti studied with teachers including Rudolf Serkin. So it...

Reviewed by Joan Chissell in issue: 12/1991

Brahms Piano Concertos 1 & 2

This is the Brahms piano concerto set we’ve been waiting for. Nelson Freire and Riccardo Chailly offer interpretations that triumphantly...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 9/2006

Mahler Symphony No. 2

This recording is something of an enigma. Stenz, in the latest instalment of his Mahler cycle with the Gürzenich Orchestra,...

Reviewed by K Smith in issue: 13/2011

Beethoven Triple Concerto; Schumann Piano Concerto

Martha Argerich’s caution in committing new items from her once extensive repertoire to disc is proverbial. So a warm welcome...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 9/2004

English Recorder Music - John Turner

Here is more evidence of the wealth of fine ‘traditional’ music being written by contemporary English composers, with hardly a...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 7/2000

Vivaldi Cupido tu Vedi

Accademia Ottoboni is named after the cardinal who patronised important musicians in the group’s native Rome (although the cardinal himself...

Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 11/2010

Schubert Complete Symphonies

Even from a conductor who has actively encouraged the Chamber Orchestra of Europe from the start, it is a remarkable...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 2/1989

Puccini Turandot

The main visual frisson of the 2002 Salzburg Festival was undoubtedly David Pountney’s extravagant (in every sense) staging of Puccini’s...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 10/2003

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