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Reimann Medea

A century after Richard Strauss’s Elektra crafted the definitive conjunction between musical modernism and ancient Greek drama, Aribert Reimann has...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 5/2011

Mozart Edition, Vol.16

These two well-filled mid-price discs provide a useful survey of Mozart's keyboard music for four hands, whether at one piano...

Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 11/1991

Martinu Chamber Works

Martinu’s stock has been rising since the BBC Festival two years ago, and the acclaim of his final opera, The...

Reviewed by Peter Dickinson in issue: 12/2000

Chopin Late Masterpieces

A new Hough disc is one of life’s pleasures. You know the programme will have been carefully considered and nurtured,...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 5/2010

Bliss Piano Works

The flood of Bliss recordings, celebrating his centenary, continues; and this one leaves no doubts concerning the effectiveness of Philip...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 1/1992

Strauss Elektra

Bychkov has long had an affinity with the music of Strauss and that is admirably revealed in these two contrasted...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 11/2005

Lefébure-Wély Organ Works, Vol 3

Lefébure-Wély was Widor’s predecessor at the famous Paris church of Saint-Sulpice in the first half of the 19th century. His...

Reviewed by Christopher Nickol in issue: 7/2007

Caurroy Missa pro defunctis

This is the third recording of Du Caurroy’s Requiem in as many years. Ensemble Doulce Memoire used counter-tenors on the...

Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 10/2000

Mahler Symphony No 1; Ives The Unanswered Question

Unlike some of the recordings in Michael Gielen’s Mahler cycle, this version of No 1 is not a reissue but...

Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 12/2003

Arturo Michelangeli - Early Recordings, Vol 1

Michelangeli ranks among the grandest of all musical autocrats. And when his transcendent mastery is complemented by warmth, wit and...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 3/2009

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