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Beethoven Piano Trios

''Only £7 99'' announces the sticker on the front of this CD, and at that price these 63 minutes or...

Reviewed by Joan Chissell in issue: 1/1988

(The) Ying Quartet play LifeMusic 2

Like many enterprising ensembles, the Ying Quartet have embarked on a series of commissions. These are called “LifeMusic” and this...

Reviewed by Peter Dickinson in issue: 1/2008

Rautavaara (The) House of the Sun

As with his earlier operas recorded by Ondine, Thomas and Vincent, Rautavaara’s The House of the Sun (1987/89) is based...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 3/2004

Mahler Symphony No 7 etc

Once the Cinderella of Mahler symphonies, there are now far too many recommendable versions of the Seventh to fit into...

Reviewed in issue 3/1996

Mozart Complete Piano Concertos

By common consent, Mozart's piano concertos contain some of his finest music, and (since he wrote most of them for...

Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 6/1990

Foerster; Martinu; Novak Cello Concertos

"Swinging" cello concertos aren't exactly thick on the ground, which makes Jan Novák's Capriccio (1958 59) a particular delight, what...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 13/2009

Beethoven Symphonies

A famously vital octogenarian, Pierre Monteux began this sequence of Beethoven symphony recordings with the Vienna Philharmonic in 1957 and...

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 12/1994

Elfman Charlotte's Web - OST

Charlotte’s Web tells the tale of Wilbur the pig’s rescue from the fate of the abbatoir by Charlotte the spider...

Reviewed by Adrian Edwards in issue: 4/2007

Schoenberg Violin Concerto; (A) Survivor from Warsaw

Hilary Hahn’s recent recording of Schoenberg’s Violin Concerto paraded cool beauty where others could find only sweat and tears. Yes,...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 1/2009

On Photography

Bryars is a subtle subverter of preconceptions. His choral works suggest the outpourings of a devout Holy Minimalist…but he’s an...

Reviewed by bwitherden in issue: 1/2006

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