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Bruch Symphonies

Max Bruch's three symphonies are not neglected masterpieces that need only competent performance, to reveal their stature. They are works...

Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 4/1994

Bartók Orchestral Works; Kodály Dances of Galánta

On this showing Sir Charles Mackerras sees Bartók as a composer more expressive than brutal, less sharply contrasted with his...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 1/2005

Brahms & Smetana Piano Trios

Founded in 1991, the Vienna Mozart Trio make up in enthusiasm and attack what they as yet lack in technical...

Reviewed by mquinn in issue: 10/1998

Kleinknecht Sonate da Camera

In the mid eighteenth century Jakob Friedrich, one of six musicians produced by the Kleinknecht family in three generations, was...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 11/1998

Beethoven String Quartets 4 & 14

Like the Juilliard and Emerson Quartets, the Hagen has a healthy habit of 'making it new', visiting standard repertoire with...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 5/2000

Mahler Symphony No 5

Don’t let the very opening put you off. Daniele Gatti takes his cue from Mahler’s injunction that the upbeat triplets...

Reviewed in issue 5/1998

Brahms; Schumann Clarinet Sonatas

Fabio di Càsola has a fluency of line, a quick ear for detail and a feeling for Brahms’s long phrases...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 2/2007

Beethoven Symphonies

In his monograph, On the performance of Beethoven's Symphonies (Munich: 1906) written at the beginning of the century, Weingartner begins...

Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 5/1991

Verdi Requiem

If you are an adherent of Karajan's Verdi, you will certainly enjoy this performance. It has all the characteristics of...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 4/1989

Teixeira Te Deum

Joao V, King of Portugal, is associated in musicians' minds with bringing Domenico Scarlatti to his court and so starting...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 11/1992

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