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Haydn Keyboard Sonatas

Two years ago Philips issued a record devoted to two Haydn sonatas (No. 33 in C minor, HobXVI/20 of 1771...

Reviewed by rgolding in issue: 11/1983

Enchanting Melodies

Alan Etherden's efforts in searching out and recording Victorian and Edwardian parlour pieces have produced three LP and cassette collections,...

Reviewed by Andrew Lamb in issue: 7/1993

Mozart: Serenades

Readers may know my views by now—I am an increasingly strong reactionary against so-called 'authentic' sounds from strings, in Mozart...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 5/1988

Wagner (Das) Rheingold

The third part to be released of the new Dutch Ring, assembled from live performances of the partly recast revival...

Reviewed by Mike Ashman in issue: 9/2007

Henze Symphonies Nos 7 & 8

Typical! You wait years for a recording of Henze’s Eighth (1992-93) – the last of Henze’s ten to be issued...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 12/2008

Elgar Violin Concerto

Star violinist Nikolaj Znaider has certainly been recording with A-listers recently: Brahms and Korngold with Gergiev and the Vienna Philharmonic,...

Reviewed by kYlzrO1BaC7A in issue: 0/0

Moscheles Concertos for Piano and Orchestra

In March 2000‚ I lamented the lack of outstanding recordings of Moscheles’ music and suggested a golden opportunity for Hyperion’s...

Reviewed in issue 8/2002

Handel German Arias/Violin Sonatas

Handel's Nine German Arias have long been particular favourites of mine. This, I think, is the fifth and by far...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 2/1986

Arturo Sandoval The Classical Album

This disc proclaims the world-renowned Cuban jazz trumpeter Arturo Sandoval's ''return to his classical roots'', though exactly what those roots...

Reviewed by Jonathan Freeman-Attwood in issue: 1/1995

Haydn Applausus

A token of Haydn’s rapidly growing fame in the late 1760s was a prestigious commission from the Cistercian monastery of...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 8/2010

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