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Mozart Edition, Vol.29

The Philips Complete Mozart Edition has arrived at Mozart's first great opera seria and makes a brave enough showing with...

Reviewed by hfinch in issue: 2/1992

Puccini La Bohème

Just when Solti's new recording of Tosca has appeared (reviewed below), it is good to be reminded how fine this...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 9/1986

Britten Phantasy Quartet; Mozart Oboe Quartet

Distinguished soloists do not always make distinguished chamber musicians. Here they do; and unsuspected depths in the music are plumbed....

Reviewed by Nalen Anthoni in issue: 9/2008

ELGAR Enigma Variations; Pomp and Circumstance Marches

Plenty of Enigma recordings have been added to the catalogue since 1970 when this Boult recording was made, but none...

Reviewed in issue 4/1992

Schmidt Concertante Variations; Piano Concerto in E flat

Franz Schmidt’s works for piano left-hand and orchestra have merited even less coverage than his symphonies. Yet of all his...

Reviewed by kYlzrO1BaC7A in issue: 11/2007

Haydn Piano Sonatas Vol 6

Measured but brightly articulated playing from Piazzini underlines the divertimenti-like quality and subtle ornamentation techniques of the early sonatas here...

Reviewed by mquinn in issue: 2/1999

Beethoven Complete Works for Solo Piano, Vol 6

Volume 6 in Ronald Brautigam’s Beethoven cycle offers stunning performances that are technically breathtaking, stylistically astute, emotionally intense and musically...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 12/2008

Bingham Remoter Worlds

Judith Bingham’s discography is slowly catching up with her increasingly impressive body of work. Unsurprisingly, the releases to date have...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 4/2009

Knussen Where the Wild Things Are & Higgelty Piggelty Pop

As some people are colour-blind or tone-deaf, I must admit immunity to the appeal of Maurice Sendak, upon whose stories...

Reviewed in issue 7/2001

The Bohemians, Volume 5

Everything on this CD tells of an amiable, life-affirming character enjoying his creative prime; and for the most part, the...

Reviewed in issue 9/1993

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