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Eisler Lieder, Vol 1

Hans Eisler’s music has never really caught on – at least in the UK or USA – yet every schoolchild...

Reviewed by Patrick O'Connor in issue: 11/1999

Mendelssohn Piano Works

The Sonata dates from the same year as A Midsummer Night's Dream Overture, so not too much should be made...

Reviewed in issue 1/1985

Boccherini Complete Symphonies, Volume 1

I had been wondering what was left for Vol. 1 of this series, bearing in mind that all Boccherini's true...

Reviewed by Stanley Sadie in issue: 12/1994

Duparc/Fauré/Schumann Master of French Song (The)

What unites all the artists in this selection of reissues is the ability of the singers‚ covering a period of...

Reviewed in issue 9/2002

Verdi Don Carlo

Forget the boos that made the headlines on the first night, as they seem to do every year at the...

Reviewed in issue 5/1994

Mozart & Schumann: Chamber Works

Though already in the catalogue, Schumann's Marchenerzahlungen of October 1853, will probably prove the surprise here. That such characterful little...

Reviewed by Joan Chissell in issue: 3/1985

Liszt; Rachmaninov Piano Works

Evelina Puzaite is a 25-year-old Lithuanian, winner of the Landor Competition. Suitably, she includes music by her fellow Lithuanian Ciurlionis,...

Reviewed by kYlzrO1BaC7A in issue: 11/2007

Ravel Piano Concertos & Tombeau de Couperin

The catalogue boasts many outstanding performances of the Ravel concertos but few more effortlessly at the heart of the matter...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 4/2000

Trepulka; Von Hannenheim Piano Works

Collectors in pursuit of composers who don’t even make it into the latest edition of The New Grove (2001) should...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 10/2007

Schubert Complete Works for Violin & Piano, Vol.2

It’s good to be able to welcome original-instrument recordings of these demanding pieces to the catalogue; the performances of the...

Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 11/1997

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