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Brahms Symphonies Nos. 1-3 & Overtures

Some years ago Kurt Masur recorded all four Brahms symphonies with the Leipzig Gewandhaus (Philips, 9/79 – nla), and I...

Reviewed in issue 1/1997

Great Pianists of the 20th Century - Alfred Cortot

Was there ever a more liberated or volatile pianist than Alfred Cortot? A true virtuoso in Liszt’s sense (‘one called...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 7/1999

British Light Music Miniatures

It was an excellent idea for Marco Polo to include in their British Light Music series a CD of items...

Reviewed by Andrew Lamb in issue: 12/1995

Beethoven Piano Sonatas, Vol. 2

Volume 2 of Russell Sherman’s cycle barks but never quite bites. Largely relying on bluster and bravado, his often provocative...

Reviewed by mquinn in issue: 4/1998

Beethoven; Schumann Piano Works

Jonathan Biss is a 23-year-old American pianist, winner of sev-eral awards, and heard here in EMI’s Debut series his performances...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 7/2004

Prokofiev String Quartet No 2

This disc is presented as if Prokofiev’s Second String Quartet were its main attraction, but it does in fact contain...

Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 5/2003

Scandinavian String Music

By comparison with the recent Guildhall Strings anthology (RCA, 3/92) which duplicates the Holberg Suite, the Two Elegiac Melodies and...

Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 9/1992

Franco Battiato Shadow, Light

An easy listen that toys with a comfortable mysticism. Franco Battiato’s music is warmly harmonized, hazily atmospheric and utterly synthetic....

Reviewed in issue 5/1996

Mahler Symphony No 4

What no one will deny is the amazing unanimity and precision of the playing here and the superlative quality of...

Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 4/2009

Invenzioni e Stravaganze

Italian 17th-century violin music seems to be a bit of a growth area on CD at the moment, and quite...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 2/2000

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