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Chopin: Piano Works

Of course, Vlado Perlemuter, who was giving concerts in the 1920s, represents a very different style of Chopin playing to...

Reviewed by James Methuen-Campbell in issue: 4/1990

The Carol Album

I think we're on to a winner with this record: for years, now, parish groups, amateur choral societies professional choirs...

Reviewed by mberry in issue: 12/1989

Monteverdi Orfeo

It is clear right from the start, with the almost aggressive snarling brass and thudding drums of the opening Toccata,...

Reviewed by Iain Fenlon in issue: 12/1995

Fauré Requiem, etc

From having been the standard version, the reorchestrated scoring of Faure’s Requiem has almost become the exception among performances, at...

Reviewed in issue 1/1996

Goldmark Orchestral Works

It is good to have Goldmark's Rustic Wedding Symphony in the CD catalogue at last, a work admired by Brahms...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 5/1992

Holst (The) Planets; Matthews, C Pluto

Unusually popular repertoire for Hyperion; but the special interest here is Pluto, commissioned by the Halle’s outgoing director Kent Nagano...

Reviewed in issue 8/2001

Schoeck Lieder, Vol. 3

Although Sommernacht, the glorious Violin Concerto and operas such as Penthesilea and Massimila Doni are great achievements, it is his...

Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 3/1994

Shostakovich Cello Concertos Nos 1 and 2

Maria Kliegel’s greatest strength is her sensitivity to the more introspective aspects of both concertos – the First especially, where...

Reviewed in issue 10/1996

Mozart: Violin & Piano Works

From Mozart's first set of 'mature' violin and piano sonatas of 1778 (CD DG410 896-2GH, 4/84 and 415 102-2GH, 7/85),...

Reviewed by Joan Chissell in issue: 4/1987

Keyboard Works

The avowed intention of this record is to champion the music of two Interesting Historical Figures (as Tovey would probably...

Reviewed by rgolding in issue: 9/1985

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