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Creator of the Stars

This Christmas disc ranges far and wide through the renaissance, from Dufay to Praetorius. The guiding thread is the transformation...

Reviewed in issue 12/1997

Dvorák/Janácek Songs

Coupling Dvorak’s Gipsy Melodies with Janacek’s Diary of one who disappeared is good programme planning, for they complement one another...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 4/1996

Mendelssohn: Complete Symphonies

Dohnanyi completed his recording of all five Mendelssohn symphonies between 1976 and 1978 ending with the Italian, which was one...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 6/1989

Ravel Orchestral Works

You would hardly recognize Boulez's new Ravel from its previous chilly, chiselled self. Those early 1970s collaborations with the Cleveland...

Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 9/1994

Alfred Piccaver The Complete Electric Recordings 1928-1930

What a prize British opera missed, when Alfred Piccaver’s parents moved to the USA. The Piccavers were Lincolnshire farmers, though...

Reviewed by Patrick O'Connor in issue: 4/1996

Coates Enchanted Garden etc

This is hardly less delightful than John Wilson’s previous Coates CD (ASV, 8/97). Less familiar pieces these may be but,...

Reviewed by Andrew Lamb in issue: 12/1998

Andriessen M is for Man, Music & Mozart

The Dutch composer Louis Andriessen (b. 1939) may have embraced minimalism as the fundamental feature of his mature musical language...

Reviewed in issue 2/1995

Phillips, M Piano Concertos Nos 1 & 2

Purely for sound quality, this third disc in Dutton’s welcome exploration of Montague Phillips’s music must qualify as an award-winner....

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 8/2008

French Piano Trios

It's unusual to find an identical programme on two discs in one month's reviewing. But, just as someone said that...

Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 7/1992

Eternity and a Day Origianl Soundtrack

This Greek composer and pianist continues her association with Theo Angelopoulos, his latest film picking up the Golden Palm at...

Reviewed by mlongley in issue: 5/1999

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