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Ferrabosco Consort Music
Under the single name, Alfonso, lie two composers, father and son. The strongest bond between them must have been composing;...
Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 10/2003
Shostakovich String Quartets Nos. 5, 7 & 9
In this third instalment of their Shostakovich cycle, containing two of the largest-scale ‘symphonic’ quartets (Nos 5 and 9) and...
Reviewed in issue 7/2001
Beethoven Symphonies Nos. 5 & 6
For most younger collectors Toscanini, Furtwangler and Beecham are living legends but I venture to suggest that by their side...
Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 7/1997
German Consort Music, 1660-1710
(The) Parley of Instruments | Peter Holman | Roy Goodman
I very much enjoyed this programme of German baroque music when it was first issued on LP in 1983. I...
Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 9/1991
Balakirev Orchestral Works
Evgeni Svetlanov | Philharmonia Orchestra
Balakirev's reputation as the most forceful intelligence of the moguchaya kuchka, the Russian 'Five' completed by Rimsky-Korsakov, Borodin Mussorgsky and...
Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 12/1991
Paganini Violin Concertos 1 & 2
Constantine Orbelian | Ilya Grubert | Moscow Chamber Orchestra
There’s no doubt about it: Ilya Grubert is a fine violinist. It’s a real pleasure to hear the full range...
Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 12/1996
Parry: Choral and Orchestral Works
Adrian Boult | London Philharmonic Choir | London Philharmonic Orchestra
The larger part of this reissue is taken from Sir Adrian Boult's very last recording, an eloquent tribute to Parry...
Reviewed in issue 11/1987
Eternity - Western Poets in Russian Music 3
Eleonora Bekova | Sergei Larin
This final collection of songs set by Russian composers to western texts has as its subject a favourite theme of...
Reviewed in issue 10/2001
Franck Organ Works Vol. II
There is a majesty available at Beauvais, the harnessing of which can greatly enhance certain kinds of music. Enlisting its...
Reviewed in issue 7/1984
Stanley Concertos for Strings, Op 2 Nos 1-6
Collegium Musicum 90 | Simon Standage
With Corelli, Geminiani and Handel by far the most popular composers of string concertos in eighteenth-century England, few natives troubled...
Reviewed by Stanley Sadie in issue: 8/1999
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