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Schumann Piano Works, Vol 2

Though I’d heard tales of this still young German-born, Russian-trained pianist and his many and varied accolades throughout two decades...

Reviewed by Joan Chissell in issue: 1/2003

Honegger Orchestral Works

Honegger's centenary year has deservedly brought his music back into wider circulation, and I welcome these pieces. While every student...

Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 9/1993

Mozart Arias

You would have far to go today or any day to hear Mozart's baritone arias better sung than they are...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 3/1985

Brahms Symphonies Nos 2 & 4

No performance of Brahms’s Second Symphony can be fairly accused of being too beautiful or too robust, certainly not this...

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 4/2003

Mozart Piano Concertos

Anyone embarking on Mozart's piano concertos might be expected to begin with some of the more straightforward ones, perhaps those...

Reviewed by Stanley Sadie in issue: 12/1991

Debussy: Orchestral Works

This L'apres-midi d'un faune lacks focus, shape and range. The opening flute solo is gentle but not really expressif, and...

Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 2/1987

Recital at the Victoria & Albert Museum

Trevor Pinnock recorded this attractive programme about 16 years ago and its appearance on CD is welcome. Pinnock plays three...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 11/1990

F.Schmidt Das Buch mit Sieben Siegeln

Given the acclaim that has greeted the Franz Schmidt symphonies, it is only natural that attention should turn to what...

Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 9/1997

Britten Songs

James Griffett and Paul Esswood, with Mark Brown who here produces, have been closely associated as co-founders of Pro Cantione...

Reviewed in issue 1/1994

Bach Six Partitas

After ages without any recordings of the Partitas on the piano, three suddenly appear within a month. I was regretting...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 6/1997

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