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French Works for Two Pianos

The Concerto for two pianos begins here with tremendous attack, reminding me more than usual of the Balinese gamelan which...

Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 8/1991

Antonio Guarnieri - a Portrait

Antonio Guarnieri (1880-1952) may now be a forgotten figure but in his day he was a much-respected conductor—at least in...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 6/1990

Mozart Violin Sonatas, Vol. 3

The latest instalment in what promises to be a complete cycle of Mozart's sonatas for keyboard and violin contains one...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 12/1990

Beethoven Fidelio

Never one merely to revisit what he has done before with a repertory piece, Colin Davis's work with Fidelio is...

Reviewed by Mike Ashman in issue: 3/2007

Beethoven String Quartet No 13; Grosse Fuge

The relatively youthful, Cologne-based Auryn Quartet approach late Beethoven in a briskly incisive if somewhat impetuous frame of mind, their...

Reviewed by mquinn in issue: 4/1998

D.Heath The Celtic

The flautist-composer Dave Heath first came to prominence in 1978 with Out of the Cool, which openly flaunted the influence...

Reviewed by mharry in issue: 10/1997

Schoenfield Orchestral Works

Topical or not, the horrific tale of a quadriplegic murderer who ''disposed of his victims in a particularly heinous fashion''...

Reviewed in issue 6/1994

Schnittke Symphony 2 etc

Hard on the heels of Polyansky’s Chandos account comes yet another Schnittke Second Symphony, this time from the man who...

Reviewed in issue 8/1997

Korngold Die Kathrin

In the mid-1970s, when the revival of Korngold’s music got underway, not even the most ardent enthusiast can have imagined...

Reviewed by Patrick O'Connor in issue: 12/1998

(The) Great Pianists - Levitski, Vol 2

Mischa Levitzky died at 42 in 1941. This bald fact probably accounts for his small recorded output. His detractors (including...

Reviewed by Nalen Anthoni in issue: 4/2004

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