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Tchaikovsky Piano Trio Op.50; Shostakovich Piano Trio No.2

For all its imposing dimensions and grandiose final apotheosis, there is something fundamentally intimate about the Tchaikovsky Trio. As such...

Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 11/2011

Berlioz Harold in Italy

Some ten years ago, staying in one of the Soviet Union's less enticing cities, I was taken to a concert...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 12/1989

Mozart Piano Concertos

Maria-Joao Pires has recorded these concertos before, for Erato, and this experience shows in assured playing. In K449 I find...

Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 3/1994

Schubert Symphony No 9

Knowing Sir Simon Rattle has regularly conducted period instrument orchestras, it may come as a surprise that with his Berlin...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 3/2006

Mozart Piano Concertos Nos 9 and 21

Alicia de Larrocha has given us a number of Mozart recordings over the years, and has proved herself to be...

Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 1/1992

Gretchaninov String Quartet No 3; Lyapunov Sextet

Lyapunov and Gretchaninov have a certain amount in common with Rachmaninov, in their fates as well as their idiom. Lyapunov...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 11/2004

Berg: Early Songs

An unexpected and delightful contribution to the commemoration of Berg's centenary this year. The anniversary has already been handsomely marked...

Reviewed by Stephen Plaistow in issue: 7/1985

Salieri Opera Arias

As the leading figure in Viennese operatic life for some three decades, and successful too in Venice and Paris, Antonio...

Reviewed by Stanley Sadie in issue: 11/2003

Saint-Saëns Symphonies Nos 2 and 3

Returning to the Second Symphony of Saint-Saens one rediscovers what a really delightful work it is, in many ways comparable...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 7/1990

Milford Fishing by Moonlight

Robin Milford (1903-59) is a name new to me, and a delightful discovery. As Lewis Foreman remarks in his booklet-notes,...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 8/2004

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