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Janácek String Quartets Nos 1 and 2

It’s a pleasant coincidence‚ hearing two identical couplings played by two quartets­in­residence at London’s Wigmore Hall (the Sùkampa were there...

Reviewed in issue 5/2002

Reicha Wind Concertos

Reicha’s chamber music turns up in the catalogue quite often, his copious concertante and symphonic works rather less so. Three...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 11/2003

Stolzel Serenatas

Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel (1690‑1749) was one of the most talented of the lesser-known Kapellmeisters of the same generation as Telemann....

Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 13/2007

Dillon (The) Book of Elements

As a title, The Book of Elements gives little away. But anyone assuming that the music associated with it is...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 9/2004

(A) World Tour

The surprising highlight of this collection is the attractive Sibelius Petite Suite for brass septet, written at the end of...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 3/2003

Vaughan Williams Choral & Orchestral Works

A seemingly miscellaneous collection, yet all but one of the pieces have a link: they share the circumstance of having...

Reviewed in issue 12/1985

Bach Arias and Duets

Such a disc as this one provides an alluring shop window for Teldec's complete Bach cantata series, recently completed by...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 4/1992

Modern Viola Works

''There were no particularly happy moments in my life, no great joys—bitterness has coloured my life grey.'' Such are the...

Reviewed by mjameson in issue: 3/1992

Susan Dunn sings Operatic and Concert Arias

Well, this really is something special, confirming the good impression made by Dunn in the Gramophone Award-winning Robert Shaw set...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 3/1989

Handel Clori, Tirsi e Fileno

Clori, Tirsi e Fileno, an extended cantata, is one of the products of Handel's months in Rome at the palace...

Reviewed by Stanley Sadie in issue: 2/1993

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