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Beethoven String Quartets, Vol 2

At a slower tempo than usual, the first movement of Op 59 No 2 takes on an elegiac tone. In...

Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 9/2004

Mozart Violin Concertos

These are CD versions of two of the concertos (originally issued in 1962) which also appeared as part of a...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 11/1984

Demus Works for Cello & Piano

This disc will be a revelation to those who know Demus only as a pianist, as he features also as...

Reviewed in issue 9/1998

Beethoven Violin Sonatas Nos 4 & 7

The novel feature here is that Daniel Sepec’s violin is one of a set presented to Beethoven in 1800 by...

Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 10/2006

Panufnik Cello Concerto

This recording of Sir Andrzej Panufnik's last composition was made the day after the world premiere, given by the same...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 8/1993

Sviatoslav Richter - Salzburg Festival 1977

To say we’re spoiled for choice with live Richter recitals would be something of an understatement. Even so, this one...

Reviewed in issue 1/1999

McCabe Strings Quartets Nos 3-5

Here is music of enormous integrity and genuine staying power from an underrated British master, impeccably realized on this occasion...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 7/1999

Couperin Complete Livres de pièces de clavecin

The complete harpsichord works of one of the great master composers for the instrument - indeed, one of the premier...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 1/2007

Bernstein Orchestral Works

Paavo Jarvi, distinguished son of Neeme and now the Principal Guest Conductor of the CBSO, begins his distinctive Bernstein programme...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 10/1998

Bernstein Symphonies

Reacquaintance with these works has reinforced some of my reservations about Bernstein's symphonic music. There can be no doubting the...

Reviewed by Stephen Johnson in issue: 8/1986

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