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Enescu (The) Two Piano Sonatas; Nocturne; Prelude and Fugue

If you need evidence of Enescu’s intellectual integrity, consider the case of his second piano sonata, which although locked away...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 6/2006

Strauss Daphne

This human and surprisingly modern reworking of the myth of girl turned into laurel tree is Strauss’s Parsifal, a late...

Reviewed by Mike Ashman in issue: 3/2006

Beethoven (Die) Geschöpfe des Prometheus, Op. 43

The sight of Mars as Napoleon and Terpsichore as a caricature of Ninette de Valois raised quite a few laughs...

Reviewed by hfinch in issue: 4/1987

Bax Piano Trio (1946). Bridge Piano Trio No 2

The opening bars of Bridge's Trio, where violin and cello unite in passionate lament while the piano offers chilling, remote...

Reviewed in issue 4/1987

Pärt In Principio

These recent works demonstrate a certain expansion in Pärt’s horizons (a tendency confirmed by first reports of his Fourth Symphony,...

Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 5/2009

Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition; Rachmaninov Isle Of The Dead

Evgeny Svetlanov was in a class of his own when it came to conducting Rachmaninov, seeming to have natural instincts...

Reviewed by Geoffrey Norris in issue: 1/2010

Bach (6) Motets, BWV225/30

The accompanying note to this disc refers to the ‘fascinating debate’ of one­voice­per­part Bach as something of a raison d’être...

Reviewed in issue 10/2001

Mirella Freni Puccini and Verdi arias

The appreciative essay on Mirella Freni which accompanies this record describes the 1970s as the soprano's golden years and adds,...

Reviewed in issue 2/1990

Jacques Champion de Chambonnières Harpsichord works

Francoise Lengelle's most appealing recording of unpublished pieces by Chambonnieres has changed my view of harpsichords on CD. The immediacy...

Reviewed in issue 9/1987

Yoshimi Oshima plays Mozart

The partnership of Serkin and Abbado in Mozart is a fascinating one. They are such different musical personalities, yet they...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 9/1983

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