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C Schumann Piano Works

On May 20th, 1896, Clara Schumann died within a few months of her seventy-seventh birthday. So this disc comes as...

Reviewed by Joan Chissell in issue: 4/1996

Mozart Divertimenti

The three Divertimentos, K136-8, composed when Mozart was 16, are the earliest of his works in the regular repertoire. Though...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 12/1990

Tchaikovsky Symphony No 6 'Pathetique'

Reconciling Tchaikovsky’s innate “classicism” with his passionate Russian soul is really at the heart of interpreting this great work –...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 9/2011

Menuhin plays Popular Violin Concertos

Admirers of Sir Yehudi Menuhin will be pleased to have this compilation of his early stereo recordings of the major...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 11/1991

Mozart: Vocal & Orchestral Works

Of Mozart's last two complete Mass settings both written in Salzburg during his final period in court service there, 1779–80,...

Reviewed by Stanley Sadie in issue: 6/1989

Chausson Concert & Piano Quartet

Although Chausson has been critically maligned, his glory in both Opp. 21 and 30 shines through every possible defect. True,...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 2/1998

Mozart Piano Concertos

There are several unusual features about this disc. First, the fortepiano employed is one (unsigned) that belonged to Mozart himself....

Reviewed in issue 1/1998

Strauss, R Ariadne auf Naxos

Here’s another restoration from Austrian television archives that will bring a pang of nostalgia to those who enjoyed a golden...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 11/2004

Poulenc d'après Poulenc

The only overlaps between these two discs are of the Mouvements perpetuels and Poulenc's own transcription of the Adagietto from...

Reviewed in issue 10/1988

Beethoven Fidelio

Rattle conducted this work at Glyndebourne with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment in 2001: his account there was...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 11/2003

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