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Sor - Guitar Works

Among the guitarist-composers of the Classical and early Romantic periods – Carulli, Carcassi, Giuliani, Aguardo and others – Spaniard Fernando...

Reviewed by William Yeoman in issue: 5/2010

Liszt Piano Concerto No 1; Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition

Mixing and matching orchestrations of Mussorgsky’s Pictures could turn into a perennial pastime for Leonard Slatkin. This is his second...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 12/2008

Saint-Saëns Symphony No 3. Widor Symphony No 6 - excs

An unimpressive and uncompetitive new version of the popular Saint-Saens Organ Symphony. The recording is bright and clear, but the...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 1/1986

Koechlin Seven Stars Symphony

It was in 1933 that Charles Koechlin saw his first film, The Blue Angel, starring Marlene Dietrich and Emil Jannings....

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 11/1996

Dvorák Piano Quartets

With the piano quartets of Faure and Brahms under their collective belt, Domus now turn their attention to Dvorak—two very...

Reviewed by Stephen Johnson in issue: 3/1989

Vivaldi Virtuoso Cantatas

The people at Virgin Classics must have a taste for paradox. The sub-heading of this first-rate recital is ‘Cantatas for...

Reviewed by Richard Lawrence in issue: 10/2005

Riley Requiem for Adam; The Philosopher's Hand

It’s strange how from a distance a composer’s career can seem to wax and wane. In the late ’60s‚ Terry...

Reviewed in issue 13/2001

Messiaen Quatuor pour la fin du temps

Getting beyond the notes in Messiaen's early masterpiece remains as difficult as ever. It helps if the performers are used...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 3/2007

Strauss, J (Die) Fledermaus

Last month I reviewed a CD reissue of a 1949 Berlin radio version of Die Fledermaus conducted by Ferenc Fricsay....

Reviewed by Andrew Lamb in issue: 1/2009

Howells Stabat Mater

Those who feel that the visionary, but definitely Anglican radiance of Hymnus Paradisi (1938) encapsulates the essential Howells may well...

Reviewed by prussell in issue: 1/1995

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