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Andreas Scholl - Wayfaring Stranger

This may be a new departure for Andreas Scholl on disc‚ but he sings these folksongs as though he has...

Reviewed in issue 1/2002

Bartók Piano Concertos Nos 1,2 and 3

“When we are taught that in classical music four semiquavers must be played absolutely equally, then we are far removed...

Reviewed in issue 3/1997

Ignaz Friedman - Complete Recordings Vol 1

Volume 1 of Naxos’ projected complete recordings by Ignaz Friedman starts with his American and English Columbia discs dating from...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 11/2002

Liszt Piano Works

The pianism on this disc is really rather special. Recorded in concert in 1958, before Richter had made his breakthrough...

Reviewed by Tim Parry in issue: 10/1996

Saint-Saëns Samson & Dalila

You cannot have everything; new and extensive comparisons for this reassessment of the Samson situation suggested that, as with most...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 1/1999

Gade Complete Piano Trios

Gade’s F major Trio is far more than a worthy exercise by a provincial master. Apart from the fluency and...

Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 6/2011

Mozart Piano Concertos

These performances, dating from 1975 (K365) and 1976, came out 17 years ago when Andre Previn settled in Britain, became...

Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 9/1994

Tchaikovsky, B Song Cycles & Chamber Music

Boris Tchaikovsky, who was born in 1925 and died in 1996, did not live through easy times in Russia, so...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 13/2009

Bach: Keyboard works

Current conventions dictate that I should not enjoy these intepretations, especially that of the D minor Concerto, so much as...

Reviewed in issue 9/1985

Grainger Orchestral Works

I have Simon Rattle to thank for my first encounter with The Warriors—definitely a case of once heard, never forgotten—but...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 11/1990

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