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Mozart Violin Sonatas, Vol. 2

The four sonatas here are played clearly and classically and the balance between the instruments is probably as natural as...

Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 9/1989

Bizet/Falla/Torroba Guitar Works

The CD sound is even more 'squeaky-clean' than that of the LP, the guitars more sharply honed, the castanets (operated...

Reviewed by John Duarte in issue: 8/1985

Arturo Toscanini conducts Beethoven

The Toscanini Beethoven symphonies with the pre-war BBC Symphony Orchestra, together with the Leonore Overture, appeared in a three-LP box...

Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 8/1996

Janacek; Szymanowski String Quartets

This is a brilliant idea for a CD. Composed within a time-frame of 11 years (1917-28), at a similar geographical...

Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 11/2007

Shostakovich Piano Concerto No 1; Piano Quintet

Argerich’s 1994 reading of the Concerto for Piano, Trumpet and Strings is already a benchmark version among modern recordings, complementing...

Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 11/2007

Offenbach La Périchole

Of all Offenbach's major collaborations with Meilhac and Halevy, La Perichole is the one that oozes charm. The satirical touch...

Reviewed by Andrew Lamb in issue: 5/1992

Mendelssohn/Haydn Concertos

Haydn's instrumental concertos represent only a relatively small part of his output, and were mostly written when the composer was...

Reviewed in issue 1/1995

Piston Piano and Chamber Works

Listening to these fastidious accounts of Walter Piston's chamber music emphasizes the parallels between him and Sir Lennox Berkeley. Both...

Reviewed by Peter Dickinson in issue: 9/1990

Barber Concertos

It was only a matter of time and exposure before the Barber Violin Concerto finally made it into the popular...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 5/1996

Chopin: Piano Works

In recent editions of The Classical Catalogue, Jean-Philippe Collard's name has more often emerged in the context of French music...

Reviewed by Joan Chissell in issue: 4/1991

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