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Solomon plays Beethoven

All these performances remind us of Solomon's classic stature; the outer sobriety yet inner strength and radiance of his interpretations....

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 11/1995

Brahms Piano Works

The Spanish pianist Joaquin Achucarro produces a strong, luminous tone and always projects a bold singing line; however, for all...

Reviewed by Tim Parry in issue: 10/1999

Haydn Il Ritorno di Tobia

The lack of popularity of Haydn's first oratorio, written in 1775 on a subject from the Apocrypha for a musicians'...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 10/1994

Elgar Symphony No 1

The catalogue already lists a supremely enjoyable‚ super­budget live version of Elgar’s A flat Symphony under Sir Colin Davis (part...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 4/2002

Schubert (4) Impromptus; Piano Sonata D916b

This disc is invaluable on two fronts. First, it introduces us in a first recording to 572 bars of original...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 6/2007

Michelangeli in Performance

The fundamental characteristic of this vivid performance is the raw, nervous energy engendered by Ehrling's Toscanini-like conducting, not note-perfect but...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 8/1994

Birtwistle Orchestral Works

When Sir Harrison Birtwistle's opera Gawain was first performed at Covent Garden in 1991 there was some critical talk to...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 7/1993

Bax Symphonic Variations

Composed between 1916 and 1918, and premiered at Queen’s Hall in November 1920 under Henry Wood, the Symphonic Variations for...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 6/2009

Monteverdi Piano Della Madonna

Monteverdi’s solo motets often fall between the cracks, and yet here is an early baroque genre which the composer fostered...

Reviewed by Jonathan Freeman-Attwood in issue: 8/1999

(The) Call of the Phoenix

Here, the Orlando Consort explore the hinterland of their Gramophone award-winning Dunstable recording of 1995. Technically it is, if anything,...

Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 12/2002

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