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Mozart Piano concertos 12 & 14

This is the second instalment of Archiv Produktion's projected complete recording of the Mozart piano concertos with 'authentic' instruments, the...

Reviewed by rgolding in issue: 3/1985

Boulanger Vocal & Chamber Works

One need hear only the early, delicately wistful Nocturne for violin and piano (a cello version of which, by Fournier...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 8/1992

Haydn; Schubert Piano Sonatas

Rudolf Firkusny (1912-94) was a connoisseur’s pianist, his audiences invariably starred with musical celebrities. In this 1969 recital his playing...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 13/2006

Mozart: Divertimenti for 6 Wind Instruments

The instrumental combination of two oboes, two horns, and two bassoons served well enough in Mozart's day for infantry bands,...

Reviewed in issue 12/1987

Janàcek Sinfonietta; Four Preludes

In 1959, when Sir Charles Mackerras made this, his first recording of Janácek’s Sinfonietta, it gave an important boost to...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 2/2004

Klemperer conducts Wagner, Vol. 1

These early 1960s recordings last appeared on LP about five years ago and are currently still available in that format...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 11/1986

(20) Great Pianists

Who has still got their LP of RCA Victrola VIC1210 “Keyboard Giants of the Past”? It was instrumental in firing...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 1/2007

Horizon 2 - A Tribute to Olivier Messiaen

Eschewing the single-composer showcase, RCO Live’s contemporary series is among the more audacious projects of its kind, mixing previously recorded...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 3/2010

Biber Violin Sonatas

Following a minor glut in the early 1990s, this is the first recording for a few years of this uniquely...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 5/1999

Liszt; Reubke Piano Works

The English pianist Anthony Hewitt (b1971) is the winner of several competitions (though not, as the booklet claims, the William...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 2/2008

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