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Works for String Quartet

Roman Haubenstock-Ramati (b. 1919) used to be a prominent name in a certain music publisher's catalogue, but his music has...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 6/1992

Poulenc Stabat mater; Motets

Twenty years or so after his first recording of these two works (cassette only—HMV TCC2-POR1545979, 4/64), Pretre has returned to...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 5/1986

Verdi Il giorno di Regno

It has always been something of a puzzle to me that Un giorno di regno still awaits a fully professional...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 12/1989

Beethoven Piano Sonatas

Since it is the critic’s job to pontificate, what does one do about a performance so satisfying that, after it,...

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 12/1996

Schumann Symphonies Nos 3 and 4

The really great moment here occurs as the transition to the Fourth Symphony’s finale edges in from the fragmented close...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 7/2011

Germaine Thyssens-Valentin plays Debussy, Fauré and Mozart

I was bowled over by my first encounter with Germaine Thyssens-Valentin – three extraordinary CDs of Fauré on Testament (8/02)....

Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 5/2007

Messiane: 80th Birthday Edition

The spirituality of Messiaen's music cannot be measured in terms of value for money, but at something under £120 retail...

Reviewed in issue 4/1989

Nicholas Ludford, Volume 2

The excitement generated by the release of the Mass Videte miraculum (see DF's review in 7/93) is undoubtedly the strongest...

Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 12/1993

Chopin: Piano Works

When faced with recording the complete solo piano works of Chopin Ashkenazy was scrupulous in leaving nothing out—however insignificant. Perhaps...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 11/1988

Christian Ferras - Recital

In violin terms, if the second quarter of the 20th century saw the Great Individualists, the third quarter belonged to...

Reviewed by Tully Potter in issue: 12/2003

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