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Schwertsik Nachtmusiken; Herr K entdeckt Amerika;Baumgesänge

There was little doubt that, as Composer/Conductor of the BBC Philharmonic, HK Gruber would tackle music by Kurt Schwertsik, his...

Reviewed by Richard_Whitehouse in issue: 11/2011

Mozart Don Giovanni (DVD)

I recently reviewed the DVD of Hampe’s production of 1991 at the Cologne Opera. This staging, also by Hampe, dates...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 3/2001

Mozart Horn Concertos etc

This is not just an excellent new bargain version of the Mozart horn concertos, superbly played and recorded, but a...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 8/1998

Bach Flute Sonatas.

An entire disc of 18th­century solo flute may look like a bit of a daunting prospect‚ but then not everyone...

Reviewed in issue 9/2002

Debussy; Dohnányi; Rachmaninov Orchestral & Vocal Works

I expect many readers have become wary of successfully established pianists-turned-conductors with nothing in particular to contribute to what Hans...

Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 11/2004

Mozart: Horn Concertos

Alan Civil has recorded these concertos three times. The first set, the finest, dates from 1967 and was made with...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 9/1988

Messiaen (Les) Corps glorieux; (Le) Banquet céleste

The past few years have been rewarding for collectors keen on Messiaen’s organ music, with three complete sets from Jennifer...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 7/2006

Schumann Davidsbündlertänze, Op 6; Concert sans orchestra, Op 14

Now‚ almost unbelievably‚ in his 60th year‚ Maurizio Pollini brings as much temperament and intensity to these two wholly Clara­inspired...

Reviewed in issue 12/2001

Mozart Piano Concertos Nos 11, 12, 13

It isn’t really until he reaches the third of the concertos on the first of these discs, it seems to...

Reviewed by Stanley Sadie in issue: 5/2004

Shostakovich Symphonies 1 & 9

After a strangely desultory start, Rostropovich's Shostakovich cycle is at last gaining in stature and authority. In the First Symphony,...

Reviewed in issue 10/1994

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