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.... ★★★★☆ ‘Brahms: Late Piano Works, Opp 116-119’ is released by Harmonia Mundi...
...Winding around the wooded Alpine Lake is wonderful respite after the first stage of the climb — stop at the dam for the obligatory photo opp....
...Starting at the bridge, admire the Palace of Westminster opposite and continue past Vauxhall, ideally (in less locked-down times) with a pastel de nata at Madeira Café and, perhaps, a Bond-esque photo opp...
...Beethoven Piano Sonatas Opp. 31 & 49 Maurizio Pollini (DG) It has taken nearly 40 years for Maurizio Pollini to complete his recordings of Beethoven’s piano sonatas....
...An earlier attempt by the Scottish National party government was blocked by opposition parties. Since then , in May elections, the nationalists have won an outright majority at Holyrood ....
...With any Virgin launch, it is worth looking for the substance behind the hype guaranteed by Sir Richard Branson’s involvement....
...OPP recently surveyed 5,000 employees in Europe and America to discover their attitudes to (and experience of) conflict at work....
...graduates today are accepting that psychometric testing is part of the deal and many of them will have practised tests before they go for a job,” says Penny Moyle, head of research and product development at OPP...
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