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Bartók: Piano Works

Anyone seeking to add the Bartok piano concertos to his collection must surely be tempted by the prospect of all...

Reviewed in issue 3/1989

Pfitzner & R. Strauss Opera Music

DG obviously have great hopes of Christian Thielemann: symphonies by Beethoven (reviewed on page 39) and Schumann and a pair...

Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 3/1997

Adams (The) Death of Klinghoffer

Klinghoffer has yet to be performed in the US, and Penny Woolcock’s live-action film, shot on location – first shown...

Reviewed by Arved Ashby in issue: 5/2004

Liszt Pioneering Liszt Recordings

First of all, hats off to Bryan Crimp and Malcolm Binns who have made these incomparable Liszt performances available on...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 10/2009

Old Roman Chant - Byzantine Period

This record is a 'must' for anyone interested in the early development of Western music. Marcel Peres surely makes out...

Reviewed by mberry in issue: 10/1986

Enescu Violin Sonatas

Enescu’s three violin sonatas trace the creative progress of a still under-appreciated master from productive derivation in the First Sonata...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 5/2011

Tchaikovsky Romances

At the 1992 Edinburgh Festival Olga Borodina gave a recital which was one of the highlights of the Tchaikovsky theme...

Reviewed in issue 6/1994

Beethoven Fidelio

‘Triumph! Triumph! Triumph!’ as nasty Pizarro exultantly cries. He, of course, is in for a disappointment. Not so the listener...

Reviewed by John Steane in issue: /2000

Sarasate - Virtuoso Violin Works

The orchestral items here were recorded live at the 2008 Sarasateada in Valladolid, commemorating the centenary of the great violinist’s...

Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 1/2010

Arias for Rubini

In general, the great singers of the 19th century exist as names with which we have an uneasy familiarity backed...

Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 12/2007

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