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Schubert Piano Quintet, 'The Trout'

Martin Helmchen, born in 1982, is the young pianist who won the Clara Haskil Prize in 2001, and who has...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 9/2009

Spohr Symphonies 6 & 9

An issue of great interest to collectors of byways of the Romantic repertory. Neither of these works is a masterpiece...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 3/1985

Paisiello Piano Concertos Nos 2 and 4

Paisiello wrote eight piano concertos, two in Russia in the early 1780s (when he also wrote his Il barbiere di...

Reviewed by Stanley Sadie in issue: 9/2004

Igor Oistrakh in Recital

Although he has made some fine records, Igor Oistrakh must always have sensed his father's shadow somewhere in the background...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 4/1994

Duruflé Complete Organ Works

Listeners to his Requiem will recognise Duruflé’s conservative and intensely personal musical language as heard in his organ music. The...

Reviewed by Christopher Nickol in issue: 2/2003

Ravel/Medtner Violin Sonatas

The Medtner sonata is the principal work here. Of the three that he wrote the Third (Epica) is perhaps the...

Reviewed by Michael Stewart in issue: 2/1997

Beethoven Triple Concerto

It is good to see that there are now a reasonable number of versions of the Triple Concerto available for,...

Reviewed in issue 6/1986

Berlioz La Damnation de Faust

The outstanding contribution to this set comes from Gilles Cachemaille, a singer with Berlioz’s style at his fingertips and the...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 10/1996

Frida Leider - A Vocal portrait

During the inter-war years Frida Leider commanded a devotion, particularly among audiences at Covent Garden, matched only by their appreciation...

Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 7/2003

Ginastera Panambí & Estancia

Panambi, a ballet on a supernatural legend of the Guarani Indians, was the first work that Ginastera acknowledged (dismissing earlier...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 1/1999

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