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Beethoven String Quartets 13 & Grosse Fuge

Robert Layton and I seem to be of one mind when it comes to recordings of the late Beethoven quartets....

Reviewed in issue 11/1989

Ellis; McCabe Chamber Works

Inscribed to his fellow composer Alan Raws-thorne on his 60th birthday, John McCabe’s String Trio (1965) is a notable achievement....

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 9/2003

Miaskovsky Symphony No.8

With each new Miaskovsky symphony that appears on CD the absence of his Sixth becomes more regrettable—not only is it...

Reviewed in issue 4/1992

Beethoven Piano Sonatas Nos 8, 17 and 23

After her rapturously received Chopin recordings for EMI, Argentinian pianist Ingrid Fliter turns to Beethoven. And, in her grave, minor-key...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 8/2011

Cantates françaises

The cantate francaise flourished during the first half of the eighteenth century. Morin and Bernier were among the most interesting...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 11/1996

Dvorák Orchestral Works

This mid-price Dvorak pack comes into direct competition with Sir Colin Davis's outstanding Philips Duo compilation of the last three...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 10/1994

Walter Gieseking Historical Broadcasts, 1944-50

Walter Gieseking (1895-1956) was born in the same year as Wilhelm Kempff and although he left a very substantial amount...

Reviewed by James Methuen-Campbell in issue: 11/1990

Coleridge-Taylor Piano and Clarinet Quintets

Coleridge-Taylor is enjoying a decent innings at present: Lyrita has a new recording of the Violin Concerto with Lorraine McAslan...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 11/2007

Helge Roswaenge und die leichte Muse

“Helge Roswaenge in light music” is the title. Nothing the matter with that, at least on the face of it,...

Reviewed in issue 12/1996

Nemtsov; Shostakovich; Weinberg Aphorisms

Weinberg’s three volumes of Children’s Notebooks were composed in 1944/45, not long after he settled in Moscow, and in the...

Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 4/2009

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