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Corelli Concerti Grossi, Volume 1
There are for most of us definitive interpretations of familiar works, some of them live, some recorded. We can never...
Reviewed in issue 9/1996
Bach Cantatas
(The) Bach Ensemble | Douglas Stevens | Jan Opalach | Joshua Rifkin | Laurie Monahan | William Hite
This new disc from Joshua Rifkin and his Bach Ensemble is the sixth in a series which has its ups...
Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 9/1991
Kancheli Trauerfarbenes Land
Dennis Russell Davies | Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra
... a la Duduki (a ‘duduki’ is a Georgian folk-reed instrument) opens to a striking neo-baroque toccata, outspoken music, bright...
Reviewed in issue 1/1999
Prokofiev Piano Works
The principal glory of this Prokofiev recital is a masterly account of the Second Sonata. Barry Douglas has the full...
Reviewed by Michael Stewart in issue: 3/1992
Bach Cantatas, Vol 22 - Nos 7, 20 & 94
Bach Collegium Japan | Jan Kobow | Masaaki Suzuki | Peter Kooij | Robin Blaze | Yukari Nonoshita
This volume heralds the beginning of the most substantial and ambitious compositional exercise in Bach’s career: an annual series of...
Reviewed by Jonathan Freeman-Attwood in issue: 5/2004
Clemens non Papa Behold, how joyful!
Brabant Ensemble | Stephen Rice
The last disc devoted to Jacobus Clemens I listened to was The Tallis Scholars’ recording of his Mass Pastores, quidnam...
Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 3/2005
Cui: Orchestral Works
Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra | Kenneth Schermerhorn | Takako Nishizaki
Cui, a member of the original Russian 'Five', was a dedicated encourager of the other members of the group (and...
Reviewed in issue 10/1986
Loewe Lieder & Balladen, Complete Edition Vol. 14
Among Lieder composers‚ Loewe is the one basses have most marked out as their own. Certainly on records‚ from Paul...
Reviewed in issue 13/2001
Mendelssohn/Haydn Concertos
Kuhmo Virtuosi | Peter Csaba | Ralf Gothóni
Haydn's instrumental concertos represent only a relatively small part of his output, and were mostly written when the composer was...
Reviewed in issue 1/1995
Shostakovich: Cello Concertos
Natalia Gutman | Royal Philharmonic Orchestra | Yuri Temirkanov
Natalia Gutman has been appearing with great success for some years outside her native Russia, but until now we have...
Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 1/1991
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