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Albinoni Oboe Concertos

Both Vivaldi and Albinoni were generous to the oboe, but whilst the former wrote violinistically for it, the latter treated...

Reviewed by John Duarte in issue: 3/1994

Beethoven/Busoni/Liszt Piano Works

Here is something altogether out of the ordinary: a powerful and unusual programme, shrewdly assembled, and a remarkable pianist as...

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 2/2000

Nielsen Chamber Works, Vol 2

Nielsen’s music for his own instrument is among his most exploratory – too much so for his contemporaries in the...

Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 10/2008

Véronique Gens - Tragédiennes

Not many people will have heard, let alone seen, Mondonville’s Isbé, Leclair’s Scylla et Glaucus, Royer’s Zaïde or even Rameau’s...

Reviewed by Patrick O'Connor in issue: 8/2006

Bach Art of Fugue. Mozart Fugues

Seeing that we tolerate, indeed even enjoy Bach and Mozart on a modern piano – an instrument of course outside...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 3/1999

Respighi Church Windows; Brazilian Impressions

What a pity that Respighi never became a Hollywood composer. The musical content of these opulent pictures in sound may...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 5/1984

Loewe Lieder und Balladen, Vol. 6

Kurt Moll has all the attributes that go to make a fine Loewe singer, not only the splendidly flexible bass...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 5/1997

Handel Chandos Anthems Nos. 6 & 10

It is remarkable how much of its original fresh charm survives the rewriting to which the Sixth Chandos Anthem was...

Reviewed in issue 7/1985

Harvey Angels

One of the most impressive aspects of this recital of recent choral works by Jonathan Harvey is the admixture of...

Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 10/2007

William Lloyd Webber Organ Works

Though William Lloyd Webber, father of Andrew and Julian, was dedicated in his career as a church organist and teacher,...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 8/1998

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