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Today, when Schubert’s canonic status in Western music has been long established, it is easily forgotten that his true measure...
Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 09/2021
It is not always a good sign that, when listening to a new recording of familiar music for review purposes,...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 09/2021
In the booklet Elena Fischer-Dieskau’s biography coyly says she was ‘born into a family of musicians’, which hardly sums up...
Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 09/2021
Garrick Ohlsson’s previous Hyperion Brahms disc (1/19) provoked much the same reaction in me as it did for Harriet Smith...
Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 09/2021
Perhaps the biggest challenge of the Hammerklavier is the sheer multiplicity of its challenges: stamina and agility, both physical and...
Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 09/2021
Performer, teacher and promoter – Laurence Perkins was ideally placed to have created this anthology with ‘the bassoon leading a...
Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 09/2021
Hideko Udagawa’s second contribution to Northern Flowers’ ‘St Petersburg Musical Archive’ series is a similar compilation of shorter collections and...
Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 09/2021
Finzi dedicated the 1938 Prelude and Fugue for string trio to his counterpoint teacher RO Morris (1886-1948), the last of...
Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 09/2021
Michael Collins and Noriko Ogawa’s survey of French clarinet music interweaves sonatas by Poulenc and Saint-Saëns with four works written...
Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: 09/2021
What an eloquent player Luis Cabrera is. In his extensive booklet note, the Spanish-born bassist explains that the album’s title,...
Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 09/2021
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'The forensic study of Monteverdi’s madrigals bears ripe fruit from four decades of philological...
Jed Distler delves into a massive collection focusing on the conductor’s later discography
Richard Whitehouse on a collection taking in the London Sinfonietta’s 1970s recordings
'A veritable treasure trove for enthusiasts'
Rob Cowan on three collections of vintage recorded performances
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