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Kraus Violin Concerto

Joseph Martin Kraus was an accomplished artist at both keyboard and violin, and like his contemporary Mozart, he turned to...

Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 2/2008

Barber; Korngold; Walton Violin Concertos

It’s an inspired coupling, as well as a generous one, to have these three high-romantic concertos together. James Ehnes gives...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 2/2007

Bartók Duke Bluebeard's Castle

After listening to this disc, I had a sneaking feeling that it might have been more up the ''Sounds in...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 7/1986

Bartók String Quartets Nos 1 and 2

The Chilingirian Quartet give a pleasantly unforced account of Bartok's First Quartet, with a sensitive tonal blend and good intonation....

Reviewed in issue 6/1988

Gluck - Blessed Spirit

Gluck’s reputation today is based on his so-called “reform” operas Orfeo ed Euridice and Alceste, composed in Vienna in the...

Reviewed by Richard Lawrence in issue: 9/2010

Gordon Decasia

There are people I respect who seem convinced that the belligerent crossover of Michael Gordon and his pals from New...

Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 11/2002

Beecham conducts Mozart

When just over a year ago Michael Dutton launched his budget-price Essential Archive series of historical recordings he understandably chose...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 5/1997

Mozart: String Quintets

The Amadeus Quartet and Cecil Aronowitz were a famous ensemble in Mozart's six string quintets, and this issue is a...

Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 3/1991

Myslivecek Works for Strings, Vol 1

“I am no Misliwetcek! I am a young and decent-minded Mozart,” protested Wolfgang to his father from Mannheim in 1778...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 4/2007

Britten Choral Works

This is an important issue, and first let me praise the enthrallingly good singing of the London Sinfonietta Voices and...

Reviewed in issue 10/1988

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