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Biber/Schmelzer Trumpet works

A disc of music by the two most talented composers of seventeenth-century Austria and Bohemia is welcome and doubly so...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 9/1991

Paganini Violin Concertos 1 & 2

What is the key of Paganini’s First Concerto? Nowadays it’s invariably played in D, but Paganini wrote the orchestral parts...

Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: /2000

Fayrfax Sacred Choral Works

The singing here is first rate. The Sixteen are a beautifully-balanced ensemble with superb intonation and a gentle, focused tone....

Reviewed by David Fallows in issue: 10/1983

Chopin/Falla Works for Piano & Orchestra

Like the two Mozart concertos I reviewed in November 1984 (Philips 412 254-2PH), these are among Clara Haskil's last recordings,...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 8/1986

Schubert Orchestral Works

Did Schubert, in the opening movement of his First Symphony, intend the introductory Adagio, when it reappears before the recapitulation,...

Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 11/1991

Aubert Concertos

Except for a couple of concertos recorded by Stanley Weiner a quarter of a century ago, this is the first...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 2/1996

Bridge Orchestral & Vocal Works, Vol 5

Five down and one to go in this enterprising series, the main item here being the engaging Suite for Strings...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 11/2004

Frances Alda - The Complete Victor Recordings, Vol 1

In her memoirs Alda recalls how Caruso came to see her when he was in search of a partner for...

Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 3/2000

Chopin Scherzi & Preludes

Havard Gimse is a 34-year-old Norwegian pianist who studied with Jiri Hlinka (Leif Ove Andsnes's teacher) and whose Chopin lives...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 4/2000

Boccherini/Schubert Quintets

A glamorous line-up of soloists is, of course, far from a guaranteed recipe for success in chamber music, especially in...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 13/1997

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