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Schumann Symphonies, etc

Having just replayed Sawallisch's Schumann cycle straight through for the umpteenth time, I can confidently reaffirm its considerable qualities: vaulting...

Reviewed in issue 11/1993

Berg Kammerkonzert; Mozart Gran Partita

Lucky number 13: Boulez has come up with a characteristically inventive pairing of Mozart’s great wind serenade with Berg’s Chamber...

Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 12/2008

Carols from King's

Just a slight initial misgiving – of course the issue is timed for Christmas‚ but once it’s out it’s out‚...

Reviewed in issue 12/2001

Holst The Planets

Richard Hickox's performance of ''Mars'', on the newest recording of The Planets, is the angriest I have heard. He takes...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 5/1988

Brahms Violin Concerto; Schumann Fantasie,Op 131

This must surely be among the boldest, sweetest, most sensual and most provocatively phrased accounts of Brahms’s Violin Concerto ever...

Reviewed in issue 12/1997

A Stokowski Fantasia

Over the past few weeks I have been playing my old 78rpm Stokowski set of Petrushka to visiting friends to...

Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 2/1992

Haydn Paukenmesse

Only 45 minutes of rather unhappy recording on this disc and you have to wait for the last five to...

Reviewed in issue 1/1986

Beethoven Piano Works

Trudelies Leonhardt's period-instrument Beethoven recital offers an unusual opportunity to examine the influence of instrumental specifications on musical style. The...

Reviewed in issue 2/1994

Debussy/Ravel/Webern String Quartets

The Debussy and Ravel string quartets have been a standard coupling for at least a quarter century, but recently several...

Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 6/1994

Irene Minghini-Cattaneo (1892-1944)

On the whole, singers from Italy did not get a good press when they appeared at Covent Garden...

Reviewed in issue 6/1990

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