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Rubbra Choral Works

With this valuable new Rubbra anthology Christopher Robinson and his St John’s College Choir reinforces more than maintains the favourable...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 4/2001

Mussorgsky Songs

With the exception of The Nursery, Mussorgsky’s songs have traditionally been the province of male singers. The dark and uncompromising...

Reviewed in issue 9/1996

Mozart Violin Concertos

Though all five of these violin concertos are youthful works dating from Mozart's late teenage years in Salzburg, they are...

Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 5/1992

Weber Symphonies 1 & 2

Reviewing the ASMF performances of Weber's symphonies on ASV, William Mann took pleasure in their freshness and in the clear...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 1/1985

Mahler Symphony No 3

Is this music which must always be felt at white heat? Can the conductor get by on the meticulous exposition...

Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 8/2003

Beethoven Cello Variations

There may be only 45 minutes of it but this recital of Beethoven variations teems with fresh insights in the...

Reviewed by hfinch in issue: 4/1995

Jonathan Biss plays Schumann

In 2006 EMI signed the 25-year old American Jonathan Biss to an exclusive two-year contract. This is the partnership’s first...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 2/2007

Britten Choral Works, Vol. II

After listening through these pieces I'm reminded again how Britten could always respond to a text with genuine commitment (be...

Reviewed by Marc Rochester in issue: 6/1993

Balakirev Islamey; Liadov Piano Works; Rachmaninov Piano Sonata

This enchanting recital suggests a young pianist who, free from hothouse competition pressure (she won first prizes in Italy’s 1999...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 5/2005

Weill Der Silbersee

There can be few works of art more intimately and poignantly bound up with twentieth-century political events than Der Silbersee....

Reviewed in issue 8/1990

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