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Gottschalk Piano works

Louis Moreau Gottschalk was one of the most colourful characters in the history of music. His memoirs, Notes of a...

Reviewed by Peter Dickinson in issue: 9/1991

Bach Solo Violin Sonatas & Partitas

Gerard Poulet is not the most showy violinist – he may not have Sitkovetsky’s uncanny control, or Kagan’s sumptuous tone,...

Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 8/1996

Gerhard Symphony 4 & Pandora Suite

Roberto Gerhard attached New York to the title of his Fourth Symphony (1967) because it was commissioned for performance there....

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 2/2000

The Mozart Almanac

If the Bicentenary is going to serve any useful purpose other than shifting recycled recordings, souvenir booklets and Mozart...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 5/1991

Mozart (Le) nozze di Figaro

This is a further instalment in a series based on live performances at the Macerata Festival‚ conducted by Gustav Kuhn....

Reviewed in issue 1/2002

Britten String Quartets

As the Britten centenary approaches in 2013, more of his unheard youthful works will no doubt come into the open....

Reviewed by Richard Fairman in issue: 13/2010

Schubert Symphony No 9

A new label, a newish period-instruments orchestra that has already done some exciting things under a variety of conductors, a...

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 6/1988

Beethoven String Quartets, Op 18 Nos 3 & 6

When most issues of Beethoven Op 18 easily manage to fit three quartets onto a CD, it seems rather mean...

Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 1/2002

Mozart Divertimento, K287. Serenade, K239

At once Tate's performance of K287 beats a different path from that of his rivals listed above, for he opens...

Reviewed in issue 4/1990

Tchaikovsky Eugene Onegin

This classic version, generally accepted as the most convincing and knowledgeable performance the work has yet received, has been available...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 12/1994

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