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Beethoven String Quartets, Op 18

After hearing these lively and in some respects provocative performances it’s easy to understand why the American Miró Quartet (recipients...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 11/2005

Stojowski Piano Concertos Nos 1 & 2

Volume 28 in Hyperion’s absorbing series‚ The Romantic Piano Concerto‚ unearths two gloriously worthwhile rarities in superb performances. To briefly...

Reviewed in issue 6/2002

Beethoven Mass in C, Op. 80

For the first Vienna performance of the Mass in C—at what you might call a modest little divertissement which also...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 11/1987

Debussy/Ravel Chamber Works

In February I reviewed the Keller's account of these two quartets and noted that there are nearly 20 versions of...

Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 4/1995

Lutoslawski Concerto for Orchestra/Symphony 3

Lutoslawski's Third Symphony was commissioned by the Chicago SO and first performed by them under Solti in 1983, but only...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 8/1993

Still/Ellington Orchestral Works

This is an imaginative coupling of two major figures in black American music. A modern recording of the Still is...

Reviewed by Peter Dickinson in issue: 4/1993

Dvorák Piano Trio No 4. Smetana Piano Trio, Op 15

In spite of being among the most popular of the world's piano trios, Dvorak's Dumky Trio is by no means...

Reviewed in issue 5/1986

Tchaikovsky String Quartets

The best playing on this disc occurs in the Third Quartet's elegiac slow movement, where echoes of Russian Orthodox chanting...

Reviewed in issue 4/1994

Taneyev Piano Concerto

How can it be that the only piano concerto by a pianist-composer of the standing of Taneyev has never previously...

Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 5/2007

John Tavener - A Portrait

Most ‘Portrait’/’Best of’ albums present a limited view of their subjects, drawing only on recordings made for the company issuing...

Reviewed by kYlzrO1BaC7A in issue: 4/2004

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