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Ravel Daphnis et Chloé etc.

“There is only one word for this work, this performance, and this recording, and that is – ravishing”: Deryck Cooke...

Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 9/1996

Mozart Thomas, König in Ägypten; Der Schauspieldirektor

The only alternative separate CD version of the Thamos music contains simply that; Nikolaus Harnoncourt, who (unlike Gardiner) does not...

Reviewed by Stanley Sadie in issue: 3/1995

Mozart Piano Concertos 13 & 15

This is the third issue in Archiv Produktion's projected complete recording of the Mozart piano concertos, with John Eliot Gardiner...

Reviewed by rgolding in issue: 5/1985

Bliss Chamber Works

Bliss's Viola Sonata, composed in 1933, is one of several English works of its kind which owes its existence to...

Reviewed in issue 7/1991

Beethoven Piano Trios, Volume 3

With so many illustrious contenders in this field already, my immediate reaction was that the comparatively unfamiliar (in the English...

Reviewed by Joan Chissell in issue: 12/1994

Bach Goldberg Variations

Vieru’s Goldberg Variations are rather heavy going. The problem is partly the bass orientation of the recording (or of the...

Reviewed by Tim Parry in issue: 3/1999

Handel (La) Resurrezione

Handel’s early Resurrection oratorio, written in 1708 during the young composer’s Roman sojurn, is characterised by a freshness and vitality...

Reviewed by John Allison in issue: 2/2010

Haas/Krása String Quartets

Decca's Entartete Musik series could well be one of the most valuable and important ongoing projects that the record industry...

Reviewed by Michael Stewart in issue: 3/1994

Beethoven: Lieder recital

Now that Ian Partridge's nicely balanced Beethoven selection in the Finchcocks series is available on CD, the main reason for...

Reviewed by hfinch in issue: 6/1986

Bennett My Broken Machines

There’s a vein of power minimalism running through Irish composer Ed Bennett’s work that troubles me. Listening to the super-smart,...

Reviewed by Philip_Clark in issue: 11/2011

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