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Schumann Symphony No.2; Vom Pagen und der Königstochter. Op.140

Schumann’s four choral ballads, dating from his final ill-starred years as conductor of the Dusseldorf Orchestra and Choir, are having...

Reviewed by Joan Chissell in issue: 4/2001

Beethoven String Quartet, Op 130; Grosse Fuge

As quartet playing, this is almost flawless; the Guarneri even surmount—insofar as it is possible for mortals to do so—the...

Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 3/1989

Debussy Piano Works, Vol 3

Volume 3 of Noriko Ogawa’s highly praised Debussy cycle (the 12 Etudes, her hardest challenge, are yet to come) includes...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 2/2006

Ravel/Debussy Chamber Music

This new disc owes its existence to a 1994 European tour by the three artists in which they gave several...

Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 12/1995

Schumann/Brahms Piano Works

We have too few recordings of solo recitals from Imogen Cooper, and this one is welcome, not least because it...

Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 5/1992

Bairstow; Harris; Whitlock Organ Works

Colm Carey’s début recording (of Bach’s The Art of Fugue on Signum, 12/01) drew deservedly high praise. This new disc...

Reviewed by Malcolm Riley in issue: 10/2004

Shadow Dances

The title ‘Shadow Dances’ is well chosen, since most of this music is inspired by – yet at the same...

Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 8/2000

Pierné Flute Sonata; Piano Trio

I suspect that the majority of record collectors who like to explore off the beaten track simply don't realize how...

Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 10/1990

Messiaen Éclairs sur l'au delà

Messiaen’s last large-scale composition, the 11-movement ‘Illuminations of the Beyond’, strongly reinforces the paradox central to his life and work:...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 10/2003

Brahms Violin Concerto; Double Concerto

Rostropovich has famously said that when he heard Jacqueline du Pré's classic recording of the Elgar Cello Concerto, he resolved...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 1/2007

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