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Vivaldi (The) Four Seasons

Few would mistake this for a period-instrument Seasons. Pavel Sporcl and the Prague Philharmonia are unafraid to use vibrato, and...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 6/2008

Mozart; Wendling Flute Concertos

Strange indeed that Mozart, who professed to dislike the flute, could have written the appealingly tender Andante, K315. Bernhard Krabatsch...

Reviewed by Nalen Anthoni in issue: 7/2010

Carol Vaness sings Verdi

A welcome extension of this fine singer’s repertoire on record, the programme exploits much that is best in her voice...

Reviewed in issue 1/1997

Kodály Cello Works

Any cellist who can master the wrist-twisting technical demands of Kodaly’s Solo Sonata earns my sincerest admiration. Maria Kliegel rises...

Reviewed in issue 3/1997

A Chance Operation - John Cage Tribute

''Music was the main way John Cage made himself into who he was'' writes David Revill, one of the many...

Reviewed in issue 8/1994

Chopin Etudes; Godowsky Etudes on Chopin Etudes

Here, uniquely, you can hear Chopin and Chopin-Godowsky side by side, marvelling or shuddering at the way Chopin’s original is...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 11/2005

Bach Piano Concertos

David Fray directs the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen as well being the soloist in these performances, but you have to wonder...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 4/2009

Concerto Veneziano

The Venice Baroque Orchestra’s first Archiv collaboration with their regular guest soloist Giuliano Carmignola could almost be a retrospective sampler...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 12/2005

Henze Orchestral Works

This is a most important—and overdue—issue. It has taken nine years for Henze's Seventh Symphony to appear on disc, an...

Reviewed in issue 11/1993

Mozart: Works for Violin and Orchestra

I think the orchestral opening to the Allegro moderato of the first of these two D major Concertos reflects an...

Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 12/1990

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