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Debussy Orchestral Works

Debussy disliked the term 'impressionism' applied to his music, with justification. But I can't resist quoting from his description of...

Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 9/1992

Beethoven Fidelio

Assuredly, the vogue for setting classics in modern-day dress and settings will soon run its dismal course. This Met production,...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 3/2004

Libetta plays Beethoven

Francesco Libetta, a 35-year-old pianist whose repertoire stretches from Beethoven’s 32 Sonatas to the 53 Chopin-Godowsky Etudes, is described by...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 12/2003

Schubert Piano Trios

Concerning his conversion to the performance of Schubert on period instruments, Steven Lubin, pianist with The Mozartean Players, writes: ''I've...

Reviewed in issue 7/1994

Premiers for Cello and Orchestra

All these works were commissioned for Yo-Yo Ma which makes the performances definitive in at least one sense. Fortunately, David...

Reviewed in issue 3/1997

Carissimi (10) Motets

Having reviewed the first volume of this Carissimi project last month‚ I find my initial impressions mainly confirmed. The previous...

Reviewed in issue 11/2001

Parry Songs of Farewell

This CD more or less duplicates a recording made by the choir of St George’s Chapel, Windsor (save the inclusion...

Reviewed by Jeremy Dibble in issue: 12/2009

Dvorák String Quartets 12 & 13

I had not heard of the Kocian Quartet before, although the group was formed in the mid-1970s, three of the...

Reviewed in issue 5/1985

Rimsky-Korsakov Kaschey the Immortal

Rimsky-Korsakov's 'autumnal parable' is a strange and fascinating work. Cast in one act (three linked scenes), it tells of the...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 12/1999

Artur Schnabel plays Mozart and Schubert

It is all too easy to pigeon-hole composers. Geminiani, forever associated with Corelli by his violin playing and his concerto...

Reviewed in issue 11/1992

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