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Dohnanyi plays and conducts

Alan Sanders compared Dohnanyi's 1956 recording of the Nursery Variations made with Sir Adrian Boult and the RPO (EMI,1/90) unfavourably...

Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 1/1992

Chabrier Piano Works

Chabrier’s name lives on primarily through España and Marche joyeuse. His tiny output for piano is far too rarely encountered...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 4/2006

Golijov Ayre; Berio Folk Songs

For Folk Songs, Luciano Berio gathered together melodies from varied locations and of starkly diverse character (adding a few folksy...

Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 3/2006

Shostakovich Violin Concertos Nos 1 & 2

This coupling of the two Shostakovich violin concertos could hardly be more welcome, when it so completely explodes the idea...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 4/1990

Schubert Lieder

Margaret Price's admirers, many of whom greeted her Barbican recital last season so ecstatically, will be delighted that at last...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 9/1983

Rachmaninov Songs

Dimitri Kharitonov gets this recital off to a fine start with his gentle, intimate singing of one of Rachmaninov’s most...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 9/1999

Bach Flute Sonatas

The authenticity of four of Bach's sonatas for accompanied flute (BWV1030, 1032, 1034 and 1035) is not in doubt, but...

Reviewed by John Duarte in issue: 2/1989

Maria Callas at Covent Garden

Here is incontrovertible evidence entirely to refute those, myself included, who have claimed till now that Callas's voice was irreparably...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 3/1995

Purcell Secular Solo Songs, Vol. 3

This third and last volume of Purcell's non-theatrical secular songs consummates a most rewarding survey of 87 songs with more...

Reviewed by Jonathan Freeman-Attwood in issue: 1/1995

Mozart Piano Sonatas, Vol. 3

All praise to this young German artist for tuning his attention to less frequently recorded early works—at least for two...

Reviewed by Joan Chissell in issue: 12/1986

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