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Weiss Lute Sonatas

This all-Weiss recital from the incomparable Jakob Lindberg celebrates the completion of the restoration of his c1590 Sixtus Rauwolf lute...

Reviewed by William Yeoman in issue: 7/2006

Beethoven Piano Sonatas, Vol. 2

John O'Conor's Beethoven is intriguing. Its lean textures, absence of fuss, disinclination for extremes of tempo, dynamic or temperamental display,...

Reviewed in issue 5/1988

Kokkonen Orchestral & Chamber Works

Although Joonas Kokkonen seldom features in the concert-hall in this country he has maintained a strong profile on record since...

Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 8/1992

Vivaldi La Stravaganza

By the standards of the average Vivaldi violin concerto, the La stravaganza set is quite extravagant stuff, full of fantasy...

Reviewed by Stanley Sadie in issue: 5/2003

Mozart (Le) Nozze di Figaro

Updating is more or less de rigueur in today’s operatic circles, so we have to live with it. These two...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 1/2007

Schoenberg & R. Strauss Orchestral Works

These are skilful remasterings of recordings that tell one a lot about Barbirolli. At one stage I was tempted to...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 7/1994

Haydn Philemon und Baucis

Drawing on Ovid’s Metamorphoses, the slight “plot” of Philemon und Baucis recounts the visit of Jupiter and Mercury (both speaking...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 2/2010

Allegri Miserere; Mundy Vox Patris caelestis; Palestrina Missa Papae Marcelli

Many people will be glad to learn that some CDs are beginning to come slightly cheaper; and those who love...

Reviewed by David Fallows in issue: 7/2001

Van Cliburn in Moscow, Volume 1

It is hard to believe that Van Cliburn is 60. Yet it is already 36 years since that unique triumph...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 2/1995

Stanford Piano Quartet No. 1; Piano Trio No. 1

Stanford was 26 when he completed his First Piano Quartet in April 1879. It’s a delightful discovery in every way‚...

Reviewed in issue 12/2001

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