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All the King's Horses - Renaissance Choral Works

Here at last is the sequel to the previous offering from I Fagiolini and Concordia, “All the King’s Men” (3/97)....

Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 10/1998

Rossini Discoveries

Philip Gossett calls this ‘a Rossinian curio cabinet’. ‘A banquet made with leftovers from the Rossini kitchen’ would do as...

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 12/2002

Schumann Symphonies Nos 1-4; Die Braut von Messina - Ov

Have you had enough of being told how often this kind of music should dance? If you have, this Schumann...

Reviewed by jswain in issue: 2/2000

Schumann, C Complete Works for Solo Piano

This four-CD album redresses a faulty or at least misunderstood balance. Superbly played and recorded, it prompts a sharp and...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 9/2007

Edwin Fischer plays Beethoven

Expect little light in the sound world of Allan Pettersson. Emotionally this is music of the deepest Northern winter: battered...

Reviewed by Stephen Johnson in issue: 10/1998

Handel Concert grossi, Op 6 Nos 7-12

Handel's “Twelve Grand Concertos” were composed in autumn 1739 and published by John Walsh the following April. It was arguably...

Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 5/2008

Chausson Symphony; Fauré Pelleas & Melisande Suite

What a good conductor Jean Fournet is, and why do we hear him so seldom in Britain? The Chausson Symphony...

Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 9/1990

Strauss, R (Ein) Heldenleben; Metamorphosen

Ein Heldenleben and Metamorphosen, though written at opposite ends of Strauss’s long career, make an ideal coupling, as both were...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 12/2007

Leo Sirota plays Chopin

Admired by Busoni and a wide variety of musicians, Leo Sirota cultivated a repertoire which included the complete works of...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 9/2003

Alkan Piano Works

Hyperion's new recording with Marc-Andre Hamelin of Alkan's extraordinary Grande sonate makes a most timely appearance. The work, subtitled ''The...

Reviewed by Michael Stewart in issue: 12/1995

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