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Spohr Symphonies

All the nine symphonies that Spohr acknowledged are now available on record (he suppressed a tenth), and duplication is setting...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 2/1994

Walter Gieseking, Vol.3

This really is a mixed bag. The earliest recordings, the Homochords, have pretty intolerable surface noise, so much so that...

Reviewed by James Methuen-Campbell in issue: 3/1994

Hasse Pilgrims at the Tomb of Our Lord

North German-born Hasse led a brilliantly successful, cosmopolitan life. Vienna, Turin, Rome, Naples and Venice were all on his itinerary,...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 2/1999

Slavonic Choral Works

If the term Missa brevis implies a work of slender dimensions intended for everyday use, then Kodaly's choice of that...

Reviewed in issue 2/1989

Rossini Bianca e Falliero

My abiding memory of this historic revival of Rossini's Bianca e Falliero, semi-staged in the Auditorium Pedrotti at the 1986...

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 9/1994

Handel Water Music Suites Nos 1-3

Handel's Water Music is well served on CD. Apart from the authentic versions by The English Concert under Pinnock on...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 9/1985

Prokofiev Symphony No 7; Sinfonietta

Really one is beginning to run out of words of praise in dealing with this Prokofiev series from Chandos. His...

Reviewed in issue 4/1986

Beethoven Solo Piano Works, Vol 8

You wouldn’t think at first glance that these recordings of Beethoven’s last three sonatas have more than a few points...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 10/2010

Kleven Lotusland

Felled by rheumatic fever just five days short of his 30th birthday, Trondheim-born Arvid Kleven (1899-1929) played flute from the...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 8/2010

Fireworks - Virtuoso Violin Works

Vadim Gluzman is a true virtuoso. His confident presence and brilliant, well schooled technique are allied to an especially deep,...

Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 3/2009

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