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A. Scarlatti Cantatas

Alessandro Scarlatti was a skilful and influential composer of chamber cantatas; he was also prolific—some 800 cantatas by him have...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 9/1991

Somervell Maud; A Shropshire Lad

Together with Parry's English Lyrics and some pieces by Stanford, these are among the foundation stones of the modern English...

Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 7/1986

Handel Music for the Royal Fireworks; Water Music

Already in its LP for this Fireworks Music was one of the best performances available (certainly the best of the...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 3/1983

The Essential Harpsichord

I would have preferred ''The Popular Harpsichord'' to ''The Essential Harpsichord'' since, of course so much that is of essence...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 5/1991

Mozart Piano Concerto 27 & Double Concerto

These radio recordings with Curzon date from two different periods. The two concertos, helped by the warm Royal Albert Hall...

Reviewed in issue 5/2000

Martin Orchestral Works, Volume 1

As a glance at the comparisons listed above shows, we are well served at present for the Concerto for seven...

Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 7/1994

Bach Goldberg Variations

Bach's music is at the same time the most often transcribed and, on balance, the most amenable to transcription. He...

Reviewed in issue 8/1986

Stanford Symphony No 1; Clarinet Concerto

This is the final recording in the Naxos series of Stanford symphonies, featuring an unusual coupling of the early (but...

Reviewed by Jeremy Dibble in issue: 12/2008

Suppe Pique Dame

Viennese operetta lovers have seldom had it so good. While various companies reissue 1950s radio broadcasts of operettas that in...

Reviewed by Andrew Lamb in issue: 5/2010

Sørensen Birds and Bells.

Those who know the music of Bent Sorensen (b.1958) from Da Capo’s disc of his prize-winning Violin Concerto and the...

Reviewed in issue 10/1999

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