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Musica da camera

This is an agreeably undemanding work for the listener, but far from undemanding for the violinist when such very fast...

Reviewed in issue 6/1985

Brahms and Weber Clarinet Works

Brahms's clarinet sonatas have never lacked for recordings, and each of the versions listed above has its own enjoyable qualities....

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 9/1990

Milhaud Vocal and Orchestral Works

A couple of first recordings here are useful in filling gaps in the discography of the compulsively productive Milhaud (who...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 6/1996

Rachmaninov (The) Isle of the Dead; Symphonic Dances

It is apt that the LPO’s principal guest conductor, Vladimir Jurowski, should have a place in the first issue of...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 7/2005

Maxwell Davies Strathclyde Concertos

Each of these concertos has a sort of programme, rather an enigmatic one in both cases, but in each it...

Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 5/1994

Donizetti (Il) Duca d'Alba

Many readers will be familiar with “Angelo casto e bel” from Il duca d’Alba, recorded by Caruso in 1915, and...

Reviewed by po'connor in issue: 4/2009

Bax Chamber Works

How marvellous it is after all these years to be able to welcome a truly first-rate modern recording of Bax’s...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 5/1996

Poulenc Choral & Organ Works

This is a wonderfully vivid and urgent performance of Poulenc's Organ Concerto by a soloist who was particularly associated with...

Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 11/1987

Babbitt/Diamond/Persichetti Orchestral Works

What justification for bringing Babbitt, Diamond and Persichetti on to a single CD? You may have guessed—they were born within...

Reviewed by Peter Dickinson in issue: 7/1991

Bach Mass in B minor

Neither of these versions of Bach's Mass in B minor will make much, if any appeal to readers who appreciate...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 4/1991

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