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Mozart Piano Sonatas, Vol. 1

These three sonatas span around 14 years in their dates of composition and thus can be thought of as s...

Reviewed by James Methuen-Campbell in issue: 4/1986

Perti Messa; Salmi; Sinfonie & Magnificat

The 250th anniversary of the remarkably long-lived Bolognese composer Giacomo Antonio Perti (1661-1756) passed without much attention, but his music...

Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 7/2007

Knappertsbusch conducts Schubert & Weber

The Second Symphony (1970, rev. 1995) is one of Aho’s most closely argued, a dark-hued, compelling series of three linked...

Reviewed in issue 10/1999

Cui: Orchestral Works

Cui, a member of the original Russian 'Five', was a dedicated encourager of the other members of the group (and...

Reviewed in issue 10/1986

Meditterranean

Over and above evoking the real world of which it’s a part, a well thought-out recital creates another, imaginary world,...

Reviewed by William Yeoman in issue: 10/2008

Mendelssohn Orchestral Works

I can't imagine that the Suisse Romande Orchestra have ever played better than they are doing now. In every section...

Reviewed in issue 5/1994

Rachmaninov Symphony No. 2

Lan Shui took up the post of music director to the Singapore SO back in 1997 and on this evidence...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 7/2009

Tchaikovsky/Mussorgsky Orchestral & Vocal Works

Sony's booklet tells us that Shostakovich's orchestration was used for the Mussorgsky songs; ''Shostakovich ed. Abbado'' would be more accurate,...

Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 3/1995

Tchaikovsky Symphony No 6, Pathétique

Talk about an old head sitting on young shoulders. Amazing how a lad in his early twenties can feel Tchaikovsky’s...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 5/2003

Loewe Lieder & Balladen, Complete Edition Vol. 14

Among Lieder composers‚ Loewe is the one basses have most marked out as their own. Certainly on records‚ from Paul...

Reviewed in issue 13/2001

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