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Strauss, R (Ein) Heldenleben; Tod und Verklärung

A very generously filled Double Decca gathers some of Vladimir Ashkenazy’s Prokofiev recordings into a most enjoyable programme. Four symphonies...

Reviewed by jjolly in issue: 11/2002

Bax Chamber Works for Viola

We’ve long needed a decent modern recording of Bax’s masterly 1921­22 Viola Sonata‚ so a warm welcome to this useful...

Reviewed in issue 3/2002

Leighton Piano Works

It’s Christmas come early for Kenneth Leighton’s many admirers as Chandos continues its invaluable survey with another two high-class releases,...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 8/2010

Early Russian Plain Chant

Anatoly Grindenko is one of the most important musicians working in the field of early Russian chant. With the male-voice...

Reviewed in issue 4/1994

Debussy Piano Works, Vol.4

With its qualities of fine pianism and quiet but intense sensitivity, Martino Tirimo's medium-price Debussy series on Pickwick IMP Masters...

Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 10/1992

Piano Rarities

From 1989 to the present day Peter Froundijan’s Schloss vor Husum Festival has challenged convention and celebrated the unique richness...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 4/1997

Vivaldi - (The) French Connection, Vol 2

The film The French Connection had a sequel, so why not indeed the Vivaldi CD? Having won a 2010 Gramophone...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 10/2011

Bartók Duke Bluebeard's Castle

Bluebeard's Castle is a difficult opera to cast. Bluebeard himself must either be a bass who can get up to...

Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 9/1988

Grieg String Quartet; Svendsen Octet

Grieg’s G minor Quartet demands a lot of its performers, depending as it does on emotional colour and atmosphere. In...

Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 4/2011

Bach Cantatas Nos 194 and 119

Releasing Bach cantatas one disc at a time necessarily results in a far­off completion date‚ but it has its advantages....

Reviewed in issue 5/2002

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