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Mayr Medea in Corinto

Triumphantly premiered in Naples in 1813, with Isabella Colbran (the future Mrs Rossini) in the title-role, Mayr’s take on the...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 13/2010

Debussy Piano Works, Volume 4

Readers of Gramophone may recall that I gave earlier issues in Paul Crossley's ongoing Debussy series (4/93, 9/93 and 2/94)...

Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 6/1994

Beethoven Solo Piano Works, Vol 9

With the canonical 32 sonatas behind him and the variations, dances and bagatelles up ahead, Ronald Brautigam devotes the ninth...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 11/2010

Muffat Armonico Tributo

In the last Sonata‚ the longest of the five‚ the opening Allemanda is given the unusual marking Grave: both Ars...

Reviewed in issue 2/2002

Contemporary Listening Raskatov

The well-known paradox of Russia's new freedom is that while no (or virtually no) official-ideological barriers are now placed in...

Reviewed in issue 9/1993

Séverac Songs

It was a pity that the Hyperion Schubert edition failed to hit its target completion date, but there have been...

Reviewed in issue 13/1998

Kronos Caravan

Anyone who saw Kronos join forces with Romanian gipsy group Taraf de Haidouks at the Royal Festival Hall a couple...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 6/2000

Schumann Works for Violin & Piano

Both Schumann's violin and piano sonatas were written at white heat in the autumn of 1851, the first in a...

Reviewed by Joan Chissell in issue: 9/1992

Eberhard Piano Concerto, 'Shadow of the Swan'; Prometheus Wept

Naxos declare that ‘Dennis Eberhard is one of America’s leading composers’, which is quite a shock to those of us...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 7/2004

Pablo Casals Recital

Although there are several available versions coupling these two favourite warhorse concertos, none is an obvious classic (perhaps Cliburn on...

Reviewed in issue 9/1992

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