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Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 2

Avid collectors of this most mercurial and image-conscious of pianists will snap up Naxos’s offering of these performances recorded in...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 12/2009

Rossini Overtures

During the latter part of the 1970s Marriner and the Academy recorded some two dozen of the principal Rossini overtures,...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 7/1986

Danses et Divertissements

Tricky though these four works might be to play, these performances exude the Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet’s joy in doing...

Reviewed by Geoffrey Norris in issue: 1/2010

J. Strauss II Die Fledermaus (in English)

Recordings of Die Fledermaus in English were common enough during the early days of LP. There was not only the...

Reviewed by Andrew Lamb in issue: 1/1996

Telemann Brockes Passion

Two principal types of oratorio flourished in Germany during the first half of the eighteenth century. One of them was...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 10/1991

Farrar Orchestral Works

A victim of the First World War, Ernest Farrar (1885-1918) studied under Stanford at the RCM (where he distinguished himself...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 7/1998

Bernstein Arias and Barcarolles etc

In amongst all the musical gamesmanship of Arias and Barcarolles (Bernstein ‘at home’ in Serial City), it’s the allusion to...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 11/1996

Schubert Piano Works

Daniel Barenboim was just ten when he made his Viennese debut. To celebrate the fortieth anniversary of that event, together...

Reviewed by Joan Chissell in issue: 2/1994

Moyzes Complete Solo Piano Music

Alexander Moyzes (1906-84) was one of the most important composers of the Slovak school, best known for his 12 symphonies...

Reviewed by Tim Parry in issue: 5/1997

(Les) Incunables - Organ Works

Pierre Cochereau studied with Dupre and Durufle at the Paris Conservatoire, but he is probably a lesser-known name among music...

Reviewed by Christopher Nickol in issue: 2/2001

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