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Bach Cello Suites

Bach's Cello Suites are masterpieces and Maisky is a magnificent cellist, but the meeting of the twain is not quite...

Reviewed by John Duarte in issue: 10/1994

Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition; Schumann Carnaval

Schumann's Carnaval and Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition are classics of the repertoire, needing performances of high calibre to justify...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 12/2006

Recorder Sonatas

Having re-heard this programme on CD, I retain the enthusiasm expressed in my original review of the LP. One might...

Reviewed by John Duarte in issue: 12/1985

Janácek Fate

Janacek's Osud, or ''Fate'', has had an odd career, which is not surprising in view of the oddity of the...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 9/1990

Beethoven Violin Concerto; Violin Sonata No 9

A fascinating study in comparisons, and an auspicious DG debut for Vadim Repin and Riccardo Muti. Muti’s conducting of the...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 11/2007

Lutoslawski Vocal Works Vol. 2

Volume 2 in Edward Gardner’s Lutosławski series for Chandos brings us six vocal compositions spanning more than five decades, the...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 11/2011

Molter Trumpet Concertos

Johann Molter was a prodigious composer of trumpet concertos in the first half of the eighteenth century. He spent his...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 5/1993

W. F. Bach Harpsichord Concertos

Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, the eldest of J. S. Bach’s sons and the one for whom the father seems to have...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 5/1996

Rod Franks - Saving Face

This programme is rather more than a celebration of one of Britain’s leading instrumentalists. It emanates from a selection of...

Reviewed by Jonathan Freeman-Attwood in issue: 10/2003

Corelli Concerti Grossi, Op 6

With at least a dozen complete recordings of Corelli's one and only set of Concerti grossi already in The Classical...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 9/1993

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