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Wolff Chamber Works, Volume 2

A marginal but engaging figure on the post-war scene, Christian Wolff’s output has a chameleon-like variety. This well-balanced recital ranges...

Reviewed by kYlzrO1BaC7A in issue: 7/1999

Schubert Piano Works

Orozco could scarcely have coupled two more different larger keyboard works by this composer than the virtuosic, extrovert Wanderer of...

Reviewed by Joan Chissell in issue: 8/1993

Monteverdi Vespers

There are several surprises in Teldec's replacement for their wonderful, 20-year-old recording of the Monteverdi Vespers—which was also with the...

Reviewed by David Fallows in issue: 9/1987

Dusapin Extenso; Apex; La Melancholia

Now in his early forties, Pascal Dusapin is gradually increasing his standing in progressive circles as a distinctive French modernist...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 4/1998

Paderewski Piano Concerto; Fantaisie Polonaise

Paderewski’s two romantic gewgaws for piano and orchestra are neatly coupled and performed by Ewa Kupiec and the Frankfurt RSO...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 8/1999

Arnold Symphonies Nos 2 & 5

A happy coupling, in that with today's technique each of the symphonies can be offered complete on one side; this...

Reviewed in issue 9/1985

Wagner Parsifal

The most cogent reason for considering this set must be the Kundry of Jessye Norman. Here, in a part that...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 11/1994

Beethoven: Late String Quartets

The real criterion of the quality of any recording is not so much how much one admires it but rather...

Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 10/1986

Emma Kirkby - Magnificat

We have come to expect Emma Kirkby to produce her customary wit, articulation and stylistic intelligence at the drop of...

Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 1/2007

Hindemith plays Hindemith

Hindemith's career as a performer had two phases. As a young man he played the violin and then the viola...

Reviewed in issue 5/1994

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