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Chopin Piano Works

I enjoyed the F major Nocturne most of all on this budget-price CD. Ogdon plays the opening and closing sections...

Reviewed by Joan Chissell in issue: 3/1987

Muffat Concerti grossi

Georg Muffat (1653-1704) was principally employed in Salzburg and Passau, but in his early years he travelled widely, studying with...

Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 13/2009

Bridge Orchestral Works

Nicholas Cleobury and the admirable Britten Sinfonia give what is, on balance, the most shapely and unaffectedly eloquent realization of...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 9/1998

Froberger Keyboard Works

The reputation of Johann Jacob Froberger—a much-respected composer who studied with Frescobaldi but absorbed a variety of influences on his...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 10/1990

Handel Orchestral Works

A chamber orchestra would not be quite the thing if the object were to represent the splendid sounds heard in...

Reviewed in issue 10/1983

English Music for Clarinet and Piano

The combination of clarinet and piano does seem to have appealed to British composers (indeed this is a reflection, really,...

Reviewed in issue 11/1987

Dufay Missa Puisque je vis

The anonymous Mass Puis que je vis looks a bit like Dufay and appears in the same manuscript as one...

Reviewed by David Fallows in issue: 11/2003

R. Strauss Ballet Suites

Even in today’s more tolerant cultural climate it is unlikely that these over-egged Couperin realizations will ever acquire the renown...

Reviewed in issue 10/1999

Lassus Regina coeli and Seasonal Motets

Devising an overview of Lassus's motets must be a daunting task: the 23 presented here are only a tiny fraction...

Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 11/1994

Handel Concerti grossi, Op. 6

The Orpheus Chamber Orchestra are a youthful body who play, conductorless, with an infectious enthusiasm. They play with enormous spirit,...

Reviewed by Stanley Sadie in issue: 11/1996

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