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Lauridsen Lux aeterna

There is some outstanding choral singing here, particularly in the six Madrigali. These are vocally challenging works demanding the kind...

Reviewed by Marc Rochester in issue: 4/2005

Chopin Mazurkas, II

Patrick Cohen plays an Erard piano, c 1855, that seems perfect for Chopin; a warm, rich sonority, admirably clear in...

Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 4/2001

Haydn Complete Piano Trios Vol 5

How do you feel about a fortepiano in this keyboard-led music? Try the Adagio of No 26, and if you...

Reviewed by Nalen Anthoni in issue: 10/2003

Bang on a Can plays Louis Andriessen

With their penchant for aggressive gestures and high-level amplification, it was inevitable that Bang on a Can should feature Louis...

Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 5/2003

J.C. Bach Symphonies Concertantes

How many Sinfonias concertante did J. C. Bach write? Grove lists 15, plus four 'doubtful', Ernest Warburton's more recent catalogue...

Reviewed by John Duarte in issue: 10/1989

Prokofiev (The) Fiery Angel

With its spikily uncompromising score and haunted, schizoid anti-heroine, The Fiery Angel scared off even the initially interested Bruno Walter...

Reviewed by mscott rohan in issue: 10/2003

Britten Complete Scottish Songs

Here is a useful sporran-filler. This collection of Britten’s songs to Scottish texts occupies almost a complete disc, headed by...

Reviewed by Richard Fairman in issue: 13/2011

Bruckner Symphony No. 3

The late Deryck Cooke described Bruckner's Third Symphony as the least perfect of the nine symphonies, though not the least...

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 3/1991

Schoenfield Viola Concerto

Paul Schoenfield (b1947) remains best known for Café Music, a lively remix of Viennese Tafelmusik and contemporary influences. The nascent...

Reviewed by Lawrence Johnson in issue: 12/2004

Ponce Piano Music

Ponce was the father of twentieth-century Mexican music, a role for which he prepared by studying in Europe in order...

Reviewed by John Duarte in issue: 5/1996

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