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Chopin Waltzes

No one in recent years has served Chopin's cause more faithfully than Ashkenazy, as his long-lasting pilgrimage through all the...

Reviewed by Joan Chissell in issue: 12/1986

Pfitzner Piano Trio; Violin Sonata

Astonishingly enough, neither of these works is otherwise available. I say ‘astonishingly’ because the Sonata is a fine piece from...

Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 10/2000

Mozart (attrib) Violin & Piano Sonatas

Erroneously attributed to Mozart until the middle of this century, the true authorship of these sprightly, piano-dominated ‘Romantic Sonatas’ remains...

Reviewed by mquinn in issue: 12/1998

Vaughan Williams Orchestral Works

Only the Ninth remains for Bryden Thomson to complete his Chandos cycle of the Vaughan Williams symphonies. The Eighth, the...

Reviewed in issue 8/1990

Genius Within - The Inner Life of Glenn Gould

“Dying,” joked a Sony Classical executive of Glenn Gould, “was a great career move for him.” Since the Canadian pianist’s...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 6/2011

Charpentier Les fous divertissants; Le Mariage Forcé

The “Trio des rieurs” (Les fous divertissants) and the “Trio grotesque” (Le mariage force) must have been among the very...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 4/1998

Baroque Recorder Music

Everything here is, by definition, 'old' but much of the music is new to the catalogue, everything is 'borrowed' but...

Reviewed by John Duarte in issue: 4/1988

Shostakovich Piano concerto No 2; Preludes for Piano Op 34

This is a well-filled disc and if the coupling suits you may find it an attractive option. Oleg Marshev is...

Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 10/2003

Liszt Piano Sonata in B minor; Totentanz; Fantasie and Fugue on B-A-C-H

Markus Groh’s booklet-notes – effusive as they are informative – take the form of a letter to Liszt. ‘Please forgive...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 7/2006

Vaet Missa Ego flos campi

I welcomed Cinquecento’s debut for Hyperion (3/07) for the quality of their interpretation, and the rehabilitation of an unjustly neglected...

Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 5/2009

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