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Bach Organ Concertos
There is a markedly sharper focus in this CD version. The completely natural balance gives a feeling of space and...
Reviewed in issue 12/1984
Charpentier Choral works
Nicholas Anderson suffered the handicap of a poor pressing when reviewing the LP but even so found it ''an issue...
Reviewed in issue 1/1987
Walton Symphonies
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra | Vladimir Ashkenazy
Vladimir Ashkenazy showed his natural sympathy for the Walton idiom in his live recording of the Second Symphony on the...
Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 4/1993
Shine & Shade - Works for Recorders & Piano
Every so often a player appears who places the recorder back into the spotlight and unveils once again the diversity...
Reviewed by Michael Stewart in issue: 13/1999
Rautavaara A Requiem in Our Time - Cpte Works for Brass
There’s little hint here of the escapist aura that frames most of Rautavaara’s recent orchestral work. Latest to arrive is...
Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 11/2000
Saariaho Chamber Works
Anssi Karttunen | Camilla Hoitenga | Dawn Upshaw | Florent Jodelet | Kaija Saariaho
Kaija Saariaho is one of the most impressive practitioners of electroacoustic music around – as this disc demonstrates. Each...
Reviewed in issue 9/2001
Gilse Symphonies Nos 1 & 2
David Porcelijn | Netherlands Symphony Orchestra
The life and music of Jan van Gilse (1881-1944) are almost completely unknown outside his native Netherlands and largely forgotten...
Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 13/2008
Cantigas de Santa Maria
Abdelkrim Rais Andalusian Orchestra of Fes | Camerata Mediterranea | Joel Cohen | Mohammed Briouel
The enlightened Alfonso X el Sabio gathered around him at his court representatives of the three great religions practised in...
Reviewed by mberry in issue: 3/2000
Schnittke; Schoenberg; Webern String Trios
In 1949, a few weeks before his 75th birthday and three years after composing his String Trio, Schoenberg recorded a...
Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 13/2010
Beethoven Missa Solemnis
This must surely be the just about the toughest nut our period performers have yet attempted to crack: a work...
Reviewed by Stanley Sadie in issue: 8/1988
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