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Mozart Symphonies Nos 29, 31, 32, 35, 36

Sir Charles Mackerras and his Scottish players are working backwards through Mozart’s symphonies. This second volume follows their acclaimed (and...

Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 4/2010

Bax Orchestral Works

Bax's long-neglected Cello Concerto is a good example of the way his pieces often have more to them than meets...

Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 11/1987

20th Century Violin Sonatas

Listening to this CD proved both a privilege and a problem. The privilege was in technical delivery that is mostly...

Reviewed in issue 11/1995

Grieg Symphonic Dances;Piano Concerto, Op 16

Good performances of the Grieg Piano Concerto are two-a-penny, and many are almost inevitably coupled with the Schumann Concerto. It...

Reviewed by Tim Parry in issue: 5/1998

British Cello Works, Vol.2

It's almost an understatement to say that Stanford's sonata is influenced by Brahms, for the Irishman's piano writing in particular...

Reviewed in issue 2/1993

Smetana Piano Works, Volume 1

Smetana was a considerably more advanced composer than his most popular music would suggest, capable of Lisztian excursions into piano...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 5/1997

Gesualdo Tenebrae Responsories

Paradoxical though it may seem, it is perhaps in his music for Holy Week that Gesualdo’s claim as a composer...

Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 10/2004

Albinoni/Caldara - Cantatas

Almost 50 chamber cantatas by Albinoni are extant, of which the six collected on this disc belong to a set...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 4/1999

Grieg Orchestral Works

Rozhdestvensky was Chief Conductor of the Royal Stockholm orchestra between 1974 and 1977, and since 1991 he has been back...

Reviewed in issue 3/1993

Schubert Piano Sonatas

Among Jonathan Biss’s previous discs is an impressive Schumann recital (EMI, 2/07). This live Schubert recital is less consistently successful...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 1/2010

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