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Mozart symphonies

Mozart had limited regard for the recipients of these symphonies. We know that he openly despised the Parisians, and four...

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 12/1986

Madetoja Orchestral Works

This is the third account of the symphony to appear on CD and Leevi Madetoja seems to be gaining more...

Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 4/1995

Tchaikovsky Symphony No 4; Serenade for Strings

Tchaikovsky’s fatalistic fanfares reveal the high quality of this Super Audio BIS production – open but forthright with a satisfying...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 10/2008

Nin Piano Works

Pupil of Moszkowski and d’Indy, Cuban-born Joaquin Nin (1879-1949) was not a prolific composer. What he did produce had a...

Reviewed by mquinn in issue: 9/1998

Schumann Piano Quartet; Piano Quintet

As recently as 1993 the Schubert Ensemble recorded Schumann’s two most popular chamber works (Hyperion, 11/96). And as three of...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 10/2006

Bach for Brass

Bach never heard his music played in this way but it is hard to imagine that he would have found...

Reviewed by John Duarte in issue: 5/1989

Schumann Symphony No 1; Brahms Symphony No 2

Back in the 1960s the name István Kertész was for many of us inextricably associated with what at the time...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 7/2008

Mozart Piano Concertos Nos 5, 6 & 8

As so often, for all his continuing qualities of freshness and imagination as a Mozart interpreter, Barenboim is here the...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 9/1999

Favourite Anthems

This selection of anthems and motets is calculated to delight lovers of English church music of the Victorian era and...

Reviewed by mberry in issue: 11/1990

Mozart Flute Concertos

The chief pleasure to be had from this first recording of the Mozart flute concertos with period instruments comes from...

Reviewed by Stanley Sadie in issue: 9/1987

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