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When Chandos boxed up Yan Pascal Tortelier’s Dutilleux recordings with the BBC Philharmonic in 2002 there was little extant vocal...
Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 05/2013
‘Johann Jeremias du Grain ranks among the most important 18th-century composers of Gdan´sk,’ begins the booklet-note to this release. ‘He...
Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 05/2013
The first recording of Corigliano’s Clarinet Concerto (1977) with Stanley Drucker and the New York Philharmonic came out on New...
Reviewed by Peter Dickinson in issue: 05/2013
Back in the late 1980s, Steven Isserlis set down memorably eloquent versions of Bridge’s Oration and Bloch’s Schelomo with Richard...
Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 05/2013
Of the seven spectacular overtures in this collection, three are exciting introductions for operas, one is actually part of an...
Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 05/2013
An award-winning Romanian-born pianist, a promising Estonian conductor and a distinguished German ensemble come together to offer a coupling which...
Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 05/2013
The perennial trio of Bach’s only extant violin concertos is given about as authoritative and confident a set of readings...
Reviewed by Jonathan Freeman-Attwood in issue: 05/2013
Anna Gourari aims to cultivate a dark and mystical persona with her ECM debut, judging from the cover art, the...
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 05/2013
Joseph Moog (who I last heard on disc in Rachmaninov and Anton Rubinstein) offers a selection from Scarlatti’s 555 keyboard...
Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 05/2013
‘…pour passer la mélancolie’ is harpsichordist Andreas Staier’s engaging survey of a complicated collection of affects and gestures that seem...
Reviewed by Philip Kennicott in issue: 05/2013
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'The forensic study of Monteverdi’s madrigals bears ripe fruit from four decades of philological...
Jed Distler delves into a massive collection focusing on the conductor’s later discography
Richard Whitehouse on a collection taking in the London Sinfonietta’s 1970s recordings
'A veritable treasure trove for enthusiasts'
Rob Cowan on three collections of vintage recorded performances
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