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Rachmaninov Cello Sonata Op 19; Shostakovich Cello sonata Op 40

As several cellists have found, the sonatas by Rachmaninov and Shostakovich make a good pairing. To hear them in conjuction...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 9/2007

Bach (6) Partitas BWV825-830

In September 2007 András Schiff played all six Bach Partitas live in a single concert that provides the basis of...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 12/2009

Yuri Bashmet - Reminiscences

There was a time when international record companies were crying out for artists like Yuri Bashmet to record for them,...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 13/2008

Livia Rév Piano Recital

Livia Rev's is not such a miscellaneous collection of piano pieces as it may appear; for it has a title...

Reviewed in issue 8/1986

Trobar - Chansons d' amour, de la vierge à la dame

It’s an intriguing idea to bring together the world of the trouvère with some of the oldest surviving polyphony. The...

Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 6/2007

Rarities of Piano Music 2005

Highlights from the 2005 Husum Festival of Piano Rarities include, as ever, many fascinating obscurities but also, unusually, several clinkers....

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 12/2006

Schumann Sonatas for Violin and Piano Nos 1 to 3

The special attraction here is having Schumann’s little-known Third Sonata for violin and piano of 1853 alongside the familiar first...

Reviewed by Joan Chissell in issue: 12/2000

Handel Tamerlano

Tamerlano was the second of the three operatic masterpieces that Handel composed in 1724 and 1725. The two greatest stars...

Reviewed by Richard Lawrence in issue: 2/2008

Ives/Varèse Orchestral Works

A new recording of Ives's Symphony No. 4 is always a major event. This brings the number of current CD...

Reviewed by Peter Dickinson in issue: 11/1994

Telemann Paris Quartets, Vol 2

Printed in Paris by Le Clerc without Telemann’s permission in 1736 but composed in Hamburg in 1730, the first six...

Reviewed by Nalen Anthoni in issue: 9/2004

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