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Prokofiev/Stravinsky Violin Concertos

The two Prokofiev violin concertos have been lucky on disc, and here are two more excellent versions offering performances, beautifully...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 3/1995

Mozart Sonatas for 2 pianos & for piano 4 hands

I have not yet heard the DG recording of Argerich and Nelson Freire in the Bartok Sonata for Two Pianos...

Reviewed by Stephen Plaistow in issue: 1/1995

Vivaldi Concertos transcribed for Organ by Bach

This disc brings together, first and foremost, two string concertos from Vivaldi’s L’estro armonico with Bach’s arrangements of them for...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 9/1999

Schubert Piano Duet Works

By any reckoning, works such as these are among Schubert’s major compositions for the piano, yet while recordings of the...

Reviewed by Stephen Plaistow in issue: 5/2003

Bach Violin Sonatas

Giuliano Carmignola’s reputation as a Baroque violinist has so far rested on his recordings of Vivaldi concertos with the Venice...

Reviewed in issue 8/2002

Schubert Schwanengesang

Here is an amazing achievement for one so young. There were many wise heads (not mine, I regret to say)...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 5/1992

Mozart Edition, Vol.26

Mozart was just 11 when this first of his stage works had its premiere at Salzburg University on May 13th,...

Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 11/1991

Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No 1; Suite No 4

Tchaikovsky crossed out his original Andante non troppo marking for the opening of the concerto and substituted Allegro non troppo....

Reviewed in issue 5/1990

Bizet (L')Arlésienne; Strauss (Le) Bourgeois Gentilhomme

Strauss pretending to do Baroque can be a bit of a bore if the performers are less than fully engaged....

Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 2/2005

Hommage to André Messager

Messager had several careers. His early success as a composer of oper-ettas was crowned by the triumph of Véronique in...

Reviewed by Patrick O'Connor in issue: 10/2004

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