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Bach Goldberg Variations

I suggested in my review of Ketil Haugsand’s recording of the Goldbergs that this imaginative Norwegian had thrown down the...

Reviewed by Jonathan Freeman-Attwood in issue: 4/2004

Bart Spaan - Ellips

Early-1980s Dutch experimental rock remains curiously under-documented compared to the fanzines-worth of mythology surrounding arch-krautrock outfits such as Can, Faust...

Reviewed by Philip_Clark in issue: 9/2010

Haydn Symphonies Nos 45 & 55; Mozart Piano Concerto No12

These six Decca discs, ‘Britten at Aldeburgh’, follow up the series already issued on the BBC Legends label. All bar...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 8/2000

Guitar Duets

The names of the composers (and most of their works in this programme) are familiar, but those of the performers...

Reviewed by John Duarte in issue: 7/1993

Schumann Piano Works, Volume 1

It isn’t often that pianists produce depth and definition during pianissimo. Michael Endres does. His playing has a precisely judged...

Reviewed in issue 12/2001

Moscheles Piano Concerto No 6; Symphony in C

Ignaz Moscheles had no illusions as to his place in the pantheon. Writing resignedly at the end of a long...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 7/2009

Satie Orchestral Works

Satie’s humour is too deep to be taken frivolously and I’m happy to say that Yutaka Sado approaches this music...

Reviewed in issue 3/2002

Bach Brandenburg Concertos

I enjoyed these readings of Bach's six Brandenburgs when I first heard them a couple of years ago. Now the...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 1/1985

Paul Robson Legacy (The)

As crossover ideas go‚ the idea of Willard White singing songs of Paul Robeson is an excellent one. Both are‚...

Reviewed in issue 8/2002

Mozart Symphonies

In the Viennese (or Salzburg) classical repertoire I've tended to enjoy Harnoncourt most in music of high specific gravity, usually...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 4/1993

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