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Schubert Piano Sonatas

Schnabel may still be regarded as a classic—for some the classic D960, but it is fascinating how the general feeling...

Reviewed by Stephen Johnson in issue: 11/1994

Schumann Symphonies

Riccardo Muti's Schumann is masterful, disciplined and strong, mainstream in its choice of tempos, and mindful of the occasional thickets...

Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 1/1995

Britten the Performer - Britten/Fauré/Purcell/Schubert/Schumann

Britten chafed at his concert engagements and suffered dreadfully from nerves on the day of performance. He nevertheless played and...

Reviewed in issue 8/1999

VERDI Falstaff

These two vitally idiomatic performances of Verdi’s crowning masterpiece, both deriving from radio performances, took place within six months of...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 8/2000

From Stanley to Wesley Vol 6

This begins with something as archetypally English as over-cooked roast beef and Yorkshire pudding—the sound of a well-rounded Open Diapason...

Reviewed by Marc Rochester in issue: 11/1991

Haydn: Violin Concertos

Compared with Mozart, Haydn is scarcely at all thought of as a composer of concertos, save perhaps by specialists. Nevertheless,...

Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 1/1990

Harvey, J Chamber Works

Trio Fibonacci are an enterprising Canadian ensemble and ATMA Classique is an enterprising Canadian label. This CDÊ–Êrecorded in Montreal in...

Reviewed in issue 12/2001

Puccini Manon Lescaut

Manon Lescaut has been fortunate in the recording studio. Apart from three older recordings featuring Maria Callas, Renata Tebaldi and...

Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 5/2000

Pettersson Symphony No 8

Allan Pettersson (1911-80) studied composition under Karl-Birger Blomdahl and Otto Olsson at the Stockholm Conservatoire and with Arthur Honegger and...

Reviewed by rgolding in issue: 10/1994

Haydn Cello Concertos

Harnoy's technique in phenomenal and it can be especially admired in the very difficult cadenza in the first movement of...

Reviewed in issue 10/1986

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