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Bach/Busoni; Liszt; Bartók Piano Concertos

There are various hurdles to cross here, sound-wise, but the pay-off is, in purely musical terms, almost beyond reckoning. The...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 4/2001

(The) Last Night of the Proms

Watching an old Last Night of the Proms programme on DVD might seem like eating half­warmed­up soup‚ but the year...

Reviewed in issue 13/2001

Glazunov Piano Works, Vol. 3

It is only a short while since I reviewed Massi-miliano Damerini's Etcetera recording of the two piano sonatas, blowing hot...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 7/1993

Ferneyhough Funérailles I & II

One of the particular attractions of this disc is its delineation of contrasts and continuities between Brian Ferneyhough’s earlier and...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 13/2006

Machaut Messe de Notre Dame

I seem to be reviewing Mass recordings in pairs at the moment. This particular work needs no introduction, however. Machaut’s...

Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 2/1997

Mahler Symphony No 1

The Tennstedt and Levine performances of Mahler's First Symphony are transfers to CD of recordings made for LP. Inbal's on...

Reviewed in issue 9/1987

The New York Album

In presenting music associated, in some way or other, with a particular city, Yo-Yo Ma's ''The New York Album'' additionally...

Reviewed in issue 3/1995

Mozart Symphonies Nos 38 - 41

There is no need to argue the credentials of Sir Charles Mackerras as a Mozart interpreter, so let us just...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 4/2008

Josquin Missa Pange lingua

Each new recording by the Clement Janequin Ensemble these days is a major event. Their superbly controlled and beautifully balanced...

Reviewed by David Fallows in issue: 11/1986

Tchaikovsky Chamber Orchestral Works

James Judd's Tchaikovsky coupling is one of those records where the performances are simple and unidiosyncratic, yet everything seems to...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 10/1991

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