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Review of Jan DeGaetani - Early Music Recital

Jan DeGaetani - Early Music Recital

If you were to judge by her previous recorded oeuvre you might approach Jan DeGaetani’s singing of pre-baroque music with...

Reviewed in issue 7/1999

Review of R Strauss Orchestral Works

R Strauss Orchestral Works

The note in the booklet accompanying this CD is misleadingly vague about the origins of Strauss's orchestration of Couperin keyboard...

Reviewed in issue 9/1988

Review of Beethoven Piano Concertos 3 & 4

Beethoven Piano Concertos 3 & 4

It is a good sign of the increasingly realistic pricing of Compact Discs by the major companies that these two...

Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 5/1988

Review of Brahms Piano Sonata No 2; Handel Variations

Brahms Piano Sonata No 2; Handel Variations

For quite a while Gelber has confined himself in the Denon recording studios to Beethoven sonatas. Now, with 16 in...

Reviewed by Joan Chissell in issue: 11/1994

Review of Bretón (La) Verbena de la Paloma

Bretón (La) Verbena de la Paloma

La verbena de la paloma is one of the masterpieces of the shorter género chico zarzuela. First performed in Madrid...

Reviewed by po'connor in issue: 11/2008

Review of Martin Orchestral Works

Martin Orchestral Works

Frank Martin's Symphonie concertante is a transcription of the Petite symphonie concertante for harp, harpsichord, piano and double string orchestras....

Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 1/1995

Review of Fritz Wunderlich Lieder Recital

Fritz Wunderlich Lieder Recital

Wunderlich would have been 60 this year. Listening to this disc reminded me anew what we had grievously lost by...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 11/1990

Review of Swan Flight

Swan Flight

Not all Finlandia CDs are released internationally and at first sight the present disc looks like an odd choice. Dig...

Reviewed in issue 8/2002

Review of Vivaldi Concertos

Vivaldi Concertos

'Waste not want not' was the watchword of busy baroque composers, not least Vivaldi. Concertos RV766 and 767 began life...

Reviewed by John Duarte in issue: 5/1986

Review of Zimmer Pirates of the Carribean - At world's End

Zimmer Pirates of the Carribean - At world's End

The soundtrack of At World’s End is the most enjoyable score of this three-part franchise while critical opinion of the...

Reviewed by Adrian Edwards in issue: 9/2007


 

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