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Rameau (Les) Paladins

Les paladins was composed towards the end of Rameau’s life. It was not a success: premiered at the Paris Opéra...

Reviewed by Richard Lawrence in issue: 2/2011

Haydn Scottish Songs

Haydn’s many folksong arrangements for the Edinburgh publisher George Thomson were a lucrative sideline of his old age. A decade...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 12/2008

Works for Clarinet and Orchestra

Janet Hilton's new record couples two of the best, and most attractively complementary, twentieth-century clarinet concertos with what at the...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 10/1988

Ravel: Piano Works

Remembering his first recording of Gaspard de la nuit (Decca SXL6215, 1/66), a new Ravel programme by Ashkenazy is an...

Reviewed in issue 6/1985

Fauré Sacred Choral Works

Matthew Best uses for this recording of the Requiem either John Rutter's reconstruction of the pre-publication state of Faure's score,...

Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 10/1989

Bloch; Bruch; Kotova Cello Concertos

It is a long time since instrumental virtuosi were expected to provide much of their own repertoire. Though it was...

Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 4/2003

Bach Latin Church Works, Vol 1

These well filled discs include all four of the short Masses that Bach composed in the 1730s. Consisting of just...

Reviewed by Richard Lawrence in issue: 8/2008

Tchaikovsky The Nutcracker

This month I am almost embarrassed by riches, with the arrival of the fifth (!) complete recording of what I...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 5/1987

Music for Mary Vol 2

Candidates for inclusion on a disc of music concerning the Blessed Virgin Mary would seem to stretch almost to infinity...

Reviewed by Marc Rochester in issue: 4/2011

Beethoven Symphonies Nos 1-9

Having responded happily to the fresh air and brisk tempos that David Zinman has consistently brought to Beethoven throughout this...

Reviewed in issue 7/1999

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