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Beethoven Septet, Op 20; Hindemith Octet

The impeccable ensemble and superb soloist skills of the Vienna Chamber Ensemble magnificently highlight the elegance of Beethoven’s musical discourse...

Reviewed in issue 4/1996

Opera Gala

With one of the richest and most powerful voices of the age, Alessandra Marc has not been taken up, as...

Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 1/2001

Shchedrin (The) Sealed Angel

Ever the stylistic chameleon, Rodion Shchedrin here continues the tradition of Rachmaninov’s choral cycles. The nine anthems are interspersed with...

Reviewed by kYlzrO1BaC7A in issue: 2/1999

Chopin piano music

We're told that the 37-year-old Zurich-born Werner Bartschi is an artistic personality not conforming ''to the usual standards of the...

Reviewed by Joan Chissell in issue: 6/1987

Bach; Beethoven; Shostakovich Piano Works

Tatyana Nikolaieva’s playing is puzzlingly variable, switching from fluency to awkwardness. Some aspects of the music seem to stress her...

Reviewed by Nalen Anthoni in issue: 12/2003

Berlioz Orchestral Works

The exaggerations of this performance of the Symphonie fantastique do not really accord with Berlioz's subtle sense of extremes. Batiz...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 7/1994

Karita Mattila - Arias and Scenes

We are surely a favoured generation that has three singers – Renee Fleming, Angela Gheorghiu and Karita Mattila (and perhaps...

Reviewed in issue 7/2001

Leclair Violin & Continuo Sonatas

Bearing in mind that Leclair was considered one of the greatest violinists of his time and wrote extensively for his...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 3/1998

Veracini Violin Sonatas

It is relatively rare to be able to welcome a disc devoted to violin sonatas by a single Baroque composer...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 4/2006

Janácek Glagolitic Mass

Somewhere in here is a bigger and craggier Glagolitic Mass struggling to get out. But Masur's venerable Leipzig orchestra and...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 9/1993

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