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Schumann Piano Works, Vol. 3

As a craftsman Schumann was young and inexperienced in matters of larger design when dedicating his F sharp minor Sonata...

Reviewed by Joan Chissell in issue: 2/1989

Mozart Don Giovanni

In the Don Giovanni room of some future museum of opera on record‚ this new version from Budapest will probably...

Reviewed in issue 12/2001

Rachmaninov & Tchaikovsky Orchestral works

The Symphonic Dances, Rachmaninov's last work, were written for Eugene Ormandy and the Philadelphia Orchestra between September 22nd and October...

Reviewed by rgolding in issue: 8/1987

The Paradine Case-Hollywood Piano Concertos

Written for the 1944 film Hangover Square, Bernard Herrmann’s compelling 11-minute Concerto Macabre is a splendidly theatrical and turbulent affair,...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 11/1996

Joplin Rags, Vol 2

Forever associated with The Sting and “good time” pianists wearing keyboard ties, ragtime has landed itself with a PR problem....

Reviewed by Philip_Clark in issue: 9/2007

Dvorák & Franck Piano Quintets

The last two minutes or so of the Nakamura/Tokyo reading of the Dvorak Quintet exemplify both the strengths and weaknesses...

Reviewed by Stephen Johnson in issue: 4/1990

Bax Orchestral Works

Bax's Second Symphony strikes me as an even stronger work than its predecessor, and certainly a more satisfying constructed one....

Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 5/1987

Brahms Works for Two Pianos

The Sonata for Two Pianos started life in 1862 as a string quintet for two violins, viola and two cellos....

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 7/2005

Barber & Hanson Orchestral works

I want to give the strongest recommendation to this highly-rewarding CD, superbly recorded and offering music of the finest quality...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 10/1987

Chopin - Retrospection

It’s obvious from the first minute, as Lazic begins the Sonata at a gallop, that he’s a gifted musician, full...

Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 4/2001

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