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Bach Oboe Concertos

If Bach ever wrote a concerto for the oboe, no copy of it has been unearthed, yet no evidence is...

Reviewed by John Duarte in issue: 4/1990

Rorem Double Concerto. After Reading Shakespeare

Ned Rorem has known these soloists for many years. He tells us in the CD booklet that these are perfect...

Reviewed by Peter Dickinson in issue: 4/2007

Corteccia Responsori

As much as I devour sixteenth-century sacred polyphony, I find it hard to get enthusiastic about these Responsories for Holy...

Reviewed by Jonathan Freeman-Attwood in issue: 10/1999

Gershwin: Piano Works

Parkin's paraphrases are his own—easy, laid-back, spontaneous, in the best cocktail-bar tradition. ''Parkin in the wee small hours'', you might...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 10/1989

Stravinsky Petushka; Divertimento

At its best, this engagingly theatrical Petrushka could score points off most of the competition. Rattle's CBSO on EMI or...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 7/1992

Dvorák: Orchestral Works

Competition in symphonies Dvorak symphonies grows ever keener, and though mostly recommendable, none of these new issues quite matches the...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 4/1991

Mahler Das Lied von der Erde

Had this version been issued, as it should have been, immediately after it was recorded almost six years ago I...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 8/1998

Moeran/Finzi Orchestral Works

Moeran's Serenade from 1948 (his last orchestral piece) makes a delightful impression here. Hickox, of course, gives us Moeran's score...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 8/1994

Bach Goldberg Variations, BWV988

The roll call of Goldberg's on disc amounts almost to one first-class version per variation. I cannot think that there’s...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 12/2000

Bach to Cuba

This disc begins with the first movements of Bach’s Third and Fifth Brandenburg Concertos (the latter abbreviated), interpreted very conventionally...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 10/2007

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