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Beethoven Piano Sonatas, Vol 5

The three Op 31 Sonatas elicit Gerhard Oppitz’s most characterful and personalised playing yet in a Beethoven cycle that’s been...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 6/2007

Schumann Symphony 3 & Sängers Fluch

It is unfortunate for Schonwandt and Chandos that this release - or, to be exact, one half of it -...

Reviewed by jswain in issue: 4/2000

Schumann Piano Works, Vol. 6

The Fantasie in C, for me the most heartfelt love-poem ever written for the piano, is the centrepiece of this...

Reviewed by Joan Chissell in issue: 2/1995

Newman Revolutionary Road OST

In his new film director Sam Mendes continues to explore his fascination for American suburban culture with a portrait of...

Reviewed by Adrian Edwards in issue: 6/2009

Baroque Recorder Concertos

Michala Petri has chosen an attractive group of concertos which she plays variously on sopranino, descant and treble recorders. Only...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 7/1985

Ziehrer Orchestral Works Vol 3

Carl Michael Ziehrer (1843­1922) gained distinction as successor to the Strausses as the very last holder of the official Habsburg...

Reviewed in issue 3/2002

Music of the Ukraine

One of the musical success stories of the post-Soviet countries has been Hobart Earle’s association with Odessa Philharmonic Orchestra. Conducting...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 2/1996

Debussy Préludes

Two discs, retailing at a high mid price and playing for a total of 84 minutes? The playing and the...

Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 3/1994

Schumann; Strauss Staatskapelle Dresden Vol. 28

In the analogue era of the 1970s, Rudolf Kempe’s Strauss recordings had a special place in the catalogue, Karajan notwithstanding....

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 12/2009

Liszt & Reubke Organ Works

There are legions of recordings of Liszt's Prelude and Fugue on the name B-A-C-H and with justification. As I have...

Reviewed by Peter Dickinson in issue: 2/1991

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