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Saariaho Cinq reflets; Nymphea Reflection; Oltra mar

Not surprisingly, given the scope of the project, Saariaho’s opera L’amour de loin has generated a number of related works,...

Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 6/2005

Schubert Lieder für Bass

The bass voice drew from Schubert a variety of passions: the clenched fist of the Promethean man; the anguished vision...

Reviewed by hfinch in issue: 9/1987

Bach Goldberg Variations

Perhaps it's unfair to discuss an emerging pianist's Goldberg Variations like Daniel Propper's in the face of Glenn Gould's long-established...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 3/2007

Schoenberg String Quartet, Op. 7

The Manfred Quartet launch the great single-movement span of Schoenberg's Op. 7 with an explosive bravado worthy of their Byronic...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 4/1994

Michael Houstoun plays Liszt

The New Zealand pianist Michael Houstoun was a finalist in the illustrious 1975 Leeds International Piano Competition (which also included...

Reviewed by Tim Parry in issue: 6/1999

Devienne Bassoon Quartets

The six Humoresques, Opp. 87 and 89 come from the same period as the Fifth Symphony, at a time when...

Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 2/1991

Strauss R Ein Heldenleben. Also sprach Zarathustra

Those of us who were learning our repertory during the early 1950s, eagerly collected the Decca LPs of the Strauss...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 10/2000

Prokofiev Orchestral Works

Sting makes his entrance nonchalantly whistling Peter's theme—which was definitely not Sir John Gielgud's style (Virgin Classics). But this is...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 4/1991

Barber, Bernstein and Gershwin

The burgeoning international success of Leonard Bernstein's Xrias and Barcarolles has surprised even the composer. Gerard Schwarz has sneaked in...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 9/1990

Mompou Cançons i Danses

With only a couple of exceptions, all the pieces here pre-date Mompou’s uniquely spiritual collection of meditations, Musica callada. Yet...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 9/1996

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