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Vivaldi (6) Violin Sonatas, Op 6

Vivaldi’s Op 2 contains 12 violin sonatas, and was originally released in an edition by the Venetian music publisher Antonio...

Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 13/2004

Elgar Cello Concerto; Dream of Gerontius

This pioneering set of Gerontius has come up newly minted in these superbly engineered transfers taken from 78rpm masters, apart...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 2/1994

Westlake Miss Potter - OST

Miss Potter's music draws much of its inspiration from the Cumbrian countryside which features in the love story of Beatrix...

Reviewed by Adrian Edwards in issue: 3/2007

Mendelssohn Violin Concerto; Piano Trios Nos 1 & 2

This is the first release in Mendelssohn year to have come my way that truly adds to the festivities. It...

Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 10/2009

Szymanowski Harnasie; Love Songs of Hafiz; Songs of a Fairytale Princess

Here’s another sumptuous instalment of Sir Simon Rattle’s Szymanowski cycle, showing that his rapport with his former Birmingham colleagues is...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 11/2006

Mendelssohn Paulus

Three viable recordings here, each with merit enough to justify purchase, and each with a short-coming to raise doubt. All...

Reviewed in issue 1/1989

Schumann Piano Concerto; Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto 1

Both these Ashkenazy recorded performances have stood the test of time, and both recordings were originally, first class, so that...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 3/1987

Moszkowski Complete Piano Transcriptions

“After Chopin,” wrote Paderewski, “Moritz Moszkowski best understands how to write for the piano” – a view reflected in these...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 2/2009

Karajan The Vienna Years

This second tranche of EMI’s Karajan Edition takes us back to the post-war years in Vienna, to the world of...

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 9/1997

International Tchaikovsky Competition, Vol. 1

This recording (made after rather than during the 1962 occasion) is the first in a series celebrating Moscow’s International Tchaikovsky...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 8/1998

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