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Johansen/Grieg String Quartets

Grieg turned three times to the string quartet, but his first attempt of 1861 has been lost. The G minor...

Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 10/1994

Boccherini/Castelnuovo-Tedesco Guitar Quintets

To the many who reflexively associate Yamashita with musically ill-advised, smash-and-grab raids on works such as Pictures at an Exhibition,...

Reviewed by John Duarte in issue: 1/1992

Stanford Symphony No 3; Irish Rhapsody No 5

In the mythology of English music, Stanford is the Brahmsian Old Testament that Elgar was sent to sweep away with...

Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 1/1988

J T Williams Star Wars, The Phantom Menace

Arguably the most anticipated film ever made, George Lucas’s The Phantom Menace (1999) is the first instalment of a Star...

Reviewed by kmulhall in issue: 8/1999

Boismortier Ballet de Village

Fancy a rustic French frolic? During the third decade of the 18th century, the bagpipe and hurdy-gurdy of the peasant...

Reviewed by Julie Anne Sadie in issue: 9/2000

Messiaen Quator pour le fin du Temps

Both of these recordings from the early 1990s have much going for them. It might perhaps seem unfortunate for the...

Reviewed by rnichols in issue: 2/2003

Spohr String Quartets, Vol.6

The project of recording all Spohr's string quartets has now reached Volume 6, and two of his finest works in...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 1/1993

Mozart Orchestral & Vocal Works

This set, rather varied both in content and in standard, can be sorted out into four stages: performances with the...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 2/1992

Sylvan and Oceanic Delights of Posilipo

They certainly knew how to put on a show back in the seventeenth century. Delizie di Posilipo boscarecce e maritime...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 4/1992

Stanford Symphonies Nos 3 'Irish' & 6 'in honour of G.F. Watts'

Completed in 1887, the Irish Symphony (the Third in Stanford’s set of seven) enjoyed considerable acclaim both at home and...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 9/2008

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