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Moscheles Piano Concertos 4 & 5

With these two life-affirming concertos from 1823 and 1826/32 respectively, and Hyperion’s two earlier volumes (10/03, 2/04), we are now...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 4/2005

Messiaen Organ Works

The Livre d'orgue is Messiaen's most austere and uncompromising organ work, involving a variety of Hindu rhythms and birdsong in...

Reviewed by Marc Rochester in issue: 8/1989

Beethoven/Liszt symphonies

The 1833 transcription of Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique was Liszt's first arrangement for piano of a large-scale orchestral score. The Beethoven...

Reviewed by James Methuen-Campbell in issue: 3/1987

Nielsen Syms Nos. 1 and 6

Michael Schonwandt directs a patient, sensitively moulded account of Nielsen’s marvellously invigorating First Symphony. One or two interpretative quirks may...

Reviewed in issue 5/2001

R. Strauss Orchestral Works

It's pleasing that conductors are now more anxious to record Strauss's tuneful and colourful Aus Italien, an early work with...

Reviewed in issue 6/1991

Rawsthorne; Stevens Piano Works

Unfortunately this 50-yearold Lyrita reissue has been overtaken by events. The admirable James Gibb is in competition with John McCabe’s...

Reviewed by Peter Dickinson in issue: 4/2009

Debussy Piano Music vol. 5

With this fifth volume of his Debussy survey, Pascal Rogé reaches the rarities and the music for four hands at...

Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 12/2011

Vieuxtemps A Homage by Ruggiero Ricci

If you’re a fan of Ruggiero Ricci, or a Vieuxtemps enthusiast, you’ll want to get this disc. Ricci, now in...

Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 1/1997

Grieg Music for Strings

The Trondheim Soloists are an accomplished group of 23 string players. Their leader and artistic director, Bjarne Fiskum, has been...

Reviewed in issue 3/1993

Al Ayre Español

This is the sixth recording in Al Ayre Espanol's Barroco Espanol series for Deutsche Harmonia Mundi and is no less...

Reviewed by Tess Knighton in issue: 5/2000

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