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Evelyn Glennie-Drumming

There’s very little to say about this disc save that if you appreciate the talents of an extraordinarily gifted percussionist...

Reviewed in issue 7/1996

Hindemith Lustige Sinfonietta; Rag-Time

The Lustige Sinfonietta (''Merry Sinfonietta'') was one of the pieces in which the 21-year-old Hindemith (until then making the beginnings...

Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 9/1989

Bray The Indian Princess; Taylor The Ethiop

The Indian Princess, telling the story of Captain John Smith and the Princess Pocahontas, was announced as an Operatic Melo...

Reviewed in issue 12/1996

Schubert & Bach Chamber Works

Heifetz is very much in the driving seat in this performance of the Quintet, which I would describe as essentially...

Reviewed by Joan Chissell in issue: 4/1989

Herrmann Journey to the Center of the Earth original soundtrack

For the utterly charming fantasy-romance The Ghost and Mrs Muir (1947) Herrmann supplied one of his most appealing scores, full...

Reviewed in issue 1/1998

Prokofiev Violin Concerto No 2; Rachmaninov Symphonic Dances

The lonely, brooding solo line at the start of Prokofiev’s Second Concerto evokes a haunting atmosphere in this interpretation by...

Reviewed by Geoffrey Norris in issue: 4/2011

Ropartz String Quartets Nos 4, 5 and 6

French string quartets tend to come in ones; think of those by Ravel and Debussy (both early works), Magnard, Roussel,...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 4/2007

Mozart Bastien und Bastienne

Composed when Mozart was 12, Bastien und Bastienne is his second opera; he already had La finta semplice, a more...

Reviewed by Stanley Sadie in issue: 1/1991

Vivaldi II

Nigel Kennedy’s return to The Four Seasons (EMI, 12/03) was notable for being considerably more restrained than many might have...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 1/2005

Beethoven Complete Piano Sonatas

Richard Goode is due to play all the Beethoven sonatas in London this year—his first recital, at the South Bank,...

Reviewed by Stephen Plaistow in issue: 3/1994

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