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Mozart String Quartets

Mozart's Prussian Quartets have often been criticized for allowing too much prominence to the cello, but in fact Mozart was...

Reviewed in issue 3/1986

Nielsen Orchestral and Chamber Works

This issue is bound to have special meaning for lovers of Nielsen's music, particularly for those who missed out on...

Reviewed in issue 3/1993

Britten Song Cycles

My greatest pleasure here derives from Winter Words. Not only does this cycle come from a period when Britten was...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 8/1996

Schubert Symphony No 9

I fear I cannot raise much enthusiasm for this issue, especially when the field contains so many good versions, several...

Reviewed in issue 9/1985

Brahms Die schöne Magelone

Fassbaender has conceived the rewarding idea of marrying Brahms's cycle with the tale, by Ludwig Tieck, that inspired it. Thus,...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 10/1994

Buxtehude Organ Works

This CD could be subtitled “Buxtehude’s Greatest Hits” as it consists of some of the composer’s most characteristic and best-known...

Reviewed by Christopher Nickol in issue: 9/2007

Prokofiev/Tchaikovsky Romeo and Juliet

Here is a recording with deep perspectives and a capacity for the grandest spectacle unusually matched by very fine resolution...

Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 3/1999

Beethoven Piano Sonatas Nos 8, 14 & 21

After an alarmingly long delay Naxos’s “Great Pianists – Mosieiwitch” continues with Vol 9. So here, thankfully, is an incomparable...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 13/2006

Marcello Alvarez - French Opera Arias

We first heard Marcelo Álvarez in London at the Royal Festival Hall‚ as Carlo in Donizetti’s Linda di Chamounix‚ in...

Reviewed in issue 1/2002

Haydn String Quartets

This new version of Haydn’s last quartets is notably well recorded, and the clear, vivid sound is matched by the...

Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 3/1997

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