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Celtic Magic

In a distinguished and varied career (which included lengthy spells at the BBC and UCLA), Peter Crossley-Holland (1916-2001) won perhaps...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 13/2003

Schoenberg Chamber Works

Several integral recordings of Schoenberg’s string quartets have appeared in the half century since his death‚ though their content often...

Reviewed in issue 13/2001

Vladimir Horowitz - Piano Recital

RCA's new Toscanini Collection has on the whole been pretty well organized, but the same cannot be said about their...

Reviewed in issue 1/1993

Mozart Piano Sonatas and Fantasias

There’s no denying Lars Vogt’s stature as a thinking virtuoso who takes his work seriously. In the case of Mozart,...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 8/2006

Leighton Sacred Choral Works

As with the Chandos disc containing three of Leighton's orchestral works (Symphony No. 3, the Cello Concerto and Veris gratia),...

Reviewed in issue 12/1992

Schumann Piano Works

I don't think it unreasonable for one to expect that a pianist who devotes a whole CD to Schumann should...

Reviewed by James Methuen-Campbell in issue: 5/1993

Bruckner Symphony No 5

Rahbari directs a convincingly shaped Bruckner Fifth. The Adagio has real gravitas, while the Scherzo finds the right balance between...

Reviewed by kYlzrO1BaC7A in issue: 11/1998

Schumann Violin Sonatas

Like the previous coupling of Schumann's two violin sonatas—plus the Op. 94 Romances originally written for oboe—this new disc hails...

Reviewed by Joan Chissell in issue: 11/1992

Prokofiev Romeo and Juliet suite (arr Viola)

Helen Callus, a viola-player with exceptionally warm tone and perfect intonation, here offers a miscellany of transcriptions. She celebrates a...

Reviewed by kYlzrO1BaC7A in issue: 12/2007

Sheng Orchestral Works

It may sound premature to speak of a retrospective for a 47-year old composer, to say nothing of separating his...

Reviewed by K Smith in issue: 5/2003

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