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Mozart Symphonies, Vol. 1

The artistic validity of the established 'historical survey' concert programme is steadily being eroded by current attention to both period...

Reviewed by John Duarte in issue: 2/1987

Pärt Berlin Mass etc

Arvo Part’s music is about equilibrium and balance – balance between consonance and dissonance, between converging voices and, in the...

Reviewed in issue 8/1998

Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No 2; Paganini Rhapsody

Every new release by this marvellously gifted pianist is eagerly anticipated, none more than this, billed as “her first concerto...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 6/2011

Georgian Harpsichord Music

This is a recital of harpsichord music chosen to suit a particular instrument: an exceptionally beautiful Shudi and Broadwood of...

Reviewed in issue 5/1990

French songs

It is hard to believe that this recording took place in May 1976 and did not reach our columns until...

Reviewed in issue 12/1986

Yoshimatsu Orchestral Works

Plato had this notion that musical innovation is full of danger, that when modes of music change, the fundamental laws...

Reviewed in issue 11/1998

Rossini (Il) Barbiere di Siviglia

The first night of Il barbiere di Siviglia in Rome in February 1816 was something of a fiasco. The situation...

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 3/2008

Haydn Masses Nos 1 & 11; Ave Regina

Pinnock’s Gramophone Award-winning version of the Nelson Mass has held sway for more than a decade. Without being eclipsed, it...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 9/1999

Prokofiev Romeo and Juliet

Any new version of Prokofiev's masterpiece must possess very special qualities if it is to mount a serious challenge to...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 11/1994

Szymanowski/Franck Violin Sonatas

Chee-Yun is such a fine violinist that a reservation or two will not hurt her. My main one hardly sounds...

Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 1/1996

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