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Paderewski Piano Works

Jonathan Plowright has a remarkable sympathy for the nostalgic charm of Paderewski’s music; these performances are fresh and imaginative, emotionally...

Reviewed by Tim Parry in issue: 2/1999

Fauré/Franck Violin Sonatas

Seeing the photos of Franck and Faure side by side in the booklet, it occurred to me to wonder whether...

Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 10/1992

Schoenberg: Piano Music

Pollini has called these probably the most important piano pieces of the twentieth century. The proposition is debatable; not debatable...

Reviewed in issue 6/1988

Beethvon & Salmanov Fourth Symphonies

Volume 6 in Olympia's valuable ''Mravinsky Legacy'' harnesses together two facets of the great man's art which are probably less...

Reviewed in issue 3/1989

Mouret Les Amours de Ragonde

Here's a rarity, a true comedie-lyrique preceding Rameau's Platee by over a quarter of a century. Jean-Joseph Mouret was one...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 12/1992

Elgar String Quartet & Piano Quintet

It has been a fruitful season for Elgar. Following an impressive sequence of new versions of the Violin Sonata comes...

Reviewed in issue 7/2001

Thuille Piano Quintets

Ludwig Thuille, who was born in 1861 and died in 1907, is an obscure figure nowadays though he was once...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 6/2004

Parry Chamber Works, Vol.1

After the success of the Chandos series of the Parry symphonies, it is good to have his chamber music appearing...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 7/1994

Sakamoto Silk

The latest film score from Ryuichi Sakamoto (Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence, The Last Samurai) tells the story of a smuggler...

Reviewed by Adrian Edwards in issue: 1/2008

Soirées Internationales

Of the four very different personalities gathered on this highly entertaining Avie release, the most influential is the slightest: Parisian-born...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 2/2009

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