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Russian Piano Works

Beate Berthold's EMI debut (2/93) was exclusively devoted to Rachmaninov. Here she expands her horizons to include Tchaikovsky and Scriabin...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 7/1993

Bach Sonatas & Partitas for Solo Violin

Dmitry Sitkovetsky’s first recording of Bach’s solo violin music, for Orfeo in 1985, drew consistent praise from reviewers in these...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 6/1999

Palestrina Sacred Choral Works

This is one of Pro Cantione Antiqua's most carefully researched and best-sounding performances in recent years. It is also something...

Reviewed in issue 11/1987

Prokofiev Cinderella

The only previous complete recording of Cinderella (by Rozhdestvensky and the Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra—HMV SXDW3026, 3/77) is no longer...

Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 11/1983

Bach French Suites

Gustav Leonhardt made this fine recording of Bach's six French Suites some 15 years ago. At a later stage it...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 5/1990

Mahler Complete Symphonies

The current pre-eminence of Gustav Mahler in the concert-hall and on disc is not something that could have been anticipated...

Reviewed in issue 12/1995

Locatelli (L') Arte del Violino Op 3

Giuliano Carmignola has proved himself to be the smoothest technician among current period violinists, so it seems natural that he...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 6/2003

Martinu Spalicek, etc

Although the orchestral suites have been recorded before, once on LP in the 1970s and more recently by Sir Charles...

Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 4/1993

Schubert Schwanengesang

Appreciating that readers look to reviews for answers rather than supplementary questions, one is reluctant to open on a note...

Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 3/2011

Mozart Piano Concertos Nos 11-13

Writing of these three concertos in 1782, Mozart made an impressive claim: “They strike a happy medium, neither unnecessarily complex...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 9/1998

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