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Schubert The Last Quartets

It was a good idea to group together these works written between 1820 and 1826 and thus belonging to the...

Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 12/1992

Telemann Oboe Sonatas

Telemann was remarkable not only for the length of his life but, more significantly, for the sheer number, diversity and...

Reviewed by John Duarte in issue: 9/2003

Andras Schiff plays Chopin

Here are Chopin’s 24 Preludes played on an 1860 Pleyel piano in the concert hall of the Ancien Conservatoire in...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 6/2006

Wolf Spanisches Liederbuch

The Spanish Songbook contains some of Wolf's most inspired songs—and a few that are among his weakest. He stretches here...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 3/1989

Phinot, D Missa Si bona suscepimus

After a brief excursion to the British Isles, the Brabant Ensemble continues its exploration of that hitherto “lost” generation of...

Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 11/2009

Bassani; Scarlatti, A; Stradella Totus Amore

Two impressive Scarlatti motets feature in the recital by countertenor Ryland Angel. Infirmata, vulnerata and Totus amore languens, both included...

Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 9/2006

Chopin arranged for Violin

Chopin, more than any other composer, has attracted violinists to make arrangements of his works, and MDG’s compilation is an...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 12/2005

Hindemith Piano Works

Don’t read the booklet note first. It asks of the exuberant 1922 Suite ‘Why all this hatred?’ and describes it...

Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 12/2002

Davies Symphony 6 & Time and the Raven

The finale of Peter Maxwell Davies’s Sixth is perhaps the most sheerly beautiful symphonic movement he has yet written: growing...

Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 1/1997

Purcell Victorious Love (Songs)

It is immediately obvious from the first few songs that this disc is truly special. Carolyn Sampson's singing is deliciously...

Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 12/2007

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