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Schumann Songs Vol 11

Hyperion’s Schumann Song Edition ends, as it began 12 years ago, with a recital devoted largely to the problematic late...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 4/2010

A Gilbert & Sullivan Gala

If you can't resist a Gilbert and Sullivan Gala, this may be the CD for you. The omens are certainly...

Reviewed by Andrew Lamb in issue: 6/1995

Haydn; Mozart Piano Works Vol. 3

Over 30 years ago, American pianist Thomas Richner said of Mozart’s Sonata K333, “If the student will imagine himself a...

Reviewed by Nalen Anthoni in issue: 9/2009

Brahms Cello Sonatas

It doesn’t take long for this CD to make an impact. Natalie Clein declaims the main theme of the Second...

Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 12/2004

Ponchielli Marion Delorme

My late, lamented colleague, Michael Oliver, would have exulted at the prospect of reviewing this hardly-ever-heard example of verismo, a...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 6/2003

Hamerik (The) Symphonies

There was a time when Asger Hamerik (born Hammerich in 1843) was the best-known Danish composer after Gade. For 27...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 2/2010

Handel Israel In Egypt

The original 1739 version of Israel in Egypt consists of three extended anthems. Part 1 is a recycled version of...

Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 3/2009

Brahms Symphony No 3; Alto Rhapsody

The sessions for the Ashkenazy disc were held in Cleveland's Severance Hall in 1991, with Decca's producer at the time,...

Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 6/1994

Strauss, R Eine Alpensinfonie, Op. 64; Der Rosenkavalier - Erste Waltzerfolge

This is not the first Alpensinfonie we have had from the Czech Philharmonic‚ and‚ although Ashkenazy mostly adopts faster speeds...

Reviewed in issue 13/2001

French Impressions

Rachel Kolly d’Alba’s playing immediately grabs our attention. Passionate commitment to the music, rich tone and constantly varied expression combine...

Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 13/2011

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