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Ricercari - (The) Art of the Century in Italy

Liuwe Tamminga continues his fascinating investigation of early Italian keyboard music with this anthology of ricercars from the sixteenth and...

Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 6/1999

Tüür Oxymoron

Erkki-Sven Tüür’s Salve regina for male chorus and ensemble (2005) takes the form of a processional, the text set to...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 8/2007

Vivaldi Concertos, Op. 4

La stravaganza was Vivaldi's second published set of concertos. It appeared in about 1713, shortly after his successful L'estro armonico...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 3/1987

Dibdin Three Operas

Charles Dibdin (1745-1813) was a leading composer for the lighter English theatre during the late eighteenth century, a man of...

Reviewed by Stanley Sadie in issue: 5/1993

Fauré Violin Sonatas

Perhaps I should begin by reminding readers that Krysia Osostowicz (of Polish descent) and the Edinburgh-born Susan Tomes are founder...

Reviewed by Joan Chissell in issue: 11/1988

Odi Euterpe

“Never before had anyone heard the euphony of a single voice to a stringed instrument…which had so much power to...

Reviewed by Iain Fenlon in issue: 4/2011

Beethoven String Quintets Opp 4 & 29

The Nash Ensemble, with a distinguished line-up including viola-players Lawrence Power and Philip Dukes and cellist Paul Watkins, here give...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 2/2009

Simpson Symphony No.10

After the massive Ninth Symphony, winner of the Gramophone Contemporary Music Award in 1989, Simpson's Tenth is on an even...

Reviewed in issue 10/1991

Paris 1920

Many people know Poulenc's Les biches as an orchestral suite, but it is less familiar in its complete form as...

Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 3/1994

Mahler arr Stein, E Symphony No 4; Schoenberg (6) Lieder

This is the kind of production that makes me feel old. It’s not just that there are now more recordings...

Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 8/2009

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