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Prokofiev Violin Concertos Nos 1 and 2;Sonata for soloViolin

The first thing to say about Tedi Papavrami’s playing is that it does not fit any current stylistic ‘grid’ Put...

Reviewed in issue 5/1997

J.S. Bach Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 2,3,5 & 6

The reservations expressed in my review of the LP related (and still do) to the repertoire rather than the performances—the...

Reviewed by John Duarte in issue: 9/1986

(The) Spirit of Poland

Among the teachers in Warsaw of the Polish-born Felicja Blumental (1908-91) was Szymanowski himself but, with or without this connection,...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 9/2008

Ravel Complete Piano Works Vol 2

In the second and final volume of his Ravel cycle Artur Pizarro has you blowing hot and cold. Never for...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 1/2009

Flute Concertos

Doubts about the pedigree of much of the music on this disc need not interfere with the pleasure of listening...

Reviewed by Stanley Sadie in issue: 11/1987

Verdi (La) traviata

Amid a welter of publicity and sold-out performances, Salzburg launched its new Traviata in the summer in a controversially modern...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 12/2005

Gaathaug Chamber Works

It’s difficult to assess music that, a powerfully shaped Gravamente in the Clarinet Sonata apart, is expertly written but otherwise...

Reviewed by kYlzrO1BaC7A in issue: 8/1998

Offenbach (Die) Rheinnixen

Offenbach’s Die Rheinnixen has been more referred to than heard, most particularly because it was the source of what later...

Reviewed by Andrew Lamb in issue: 8/2003

Haydn Symphonies

By offering a third symphony, this new recording scores an immediate advantage over the Bruggen disc I reviewed last month....

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 10/1994

Schubert Late Piano Sonatas

The harpsichord has all but replaced the concert grand in baroque keyboard music. But resistance to the fortepiano is still...

Reviewed by Stephen Johnson in issue: 7/1997

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