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MOZART Bastien und Bastienne. Grabmusik (Page)

While Bastien und Bastienne is not a work you will encounter very often, the real rarity here is the Grabmusik,...

Reviewed by Richard Lawrence in issue: AW18

LINDPAINTNER Il vespro siciliano

Mendelssohn thought him the greatest conductor of his day, and Schumann and Spohr enthused over his operas. Posterity, however, was...

Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: AW18

LACHNER Catharina Cornaro (Weikert)

Listening to Franz Lachner’s Catharina Cornaro, one can hear why it might have held a position in the repertoire of...

Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: AW18

BERG Wozzeck (Jurowski)

As a functionary behind a desk between 1915 and 1918, Berg had what used to be known as a good...

Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: AW18

Debussy … et le jazz: Preludes for a Quartet

What could the three dots of the title mean? It could be that the artists were trying to find an...

Reviewed by Michelle Assay in issue: AW18

A Courtly Garland for Baroque Trumpet (Farley)

Robert Farley is one of that elite company of baroque trumpeters whose members you will often hear in the top...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: AW18

Mischa Maisky: Adagietto

Health warning: listening to this disc in a single sitting may exceed your Recommended Daily Allowance of vibrato. Even without...

Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: AW18

STRAVINSKY The Soldier's Tale (Simovic)

The actor Malcolm Sinclair joins seven players from the LSO for this striking new recording of Stravinsky’s cautionary tale, directed...

Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: AW18

MYASKOVSKY; SHEBALIN; NECHAEV Violin Sonatas

Few readers will be familiar with these unpretentious and accessible Soviet-era sonatas. The most distinctive is the two-movement score by...

Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: AW18

MOZART Piano Quartets Nos 1 & 2

Daniel Barenboim and Mozart make a heady mix and here the pianist is joined by three string players involved with...

Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: AW18

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