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Tye Consort Music

Jordi Savall and his much acclaimed (if somewhat transient) ensemble, Hesperion XX, provide us here with an attractive performance of...

Reviewed in issue 11/1989

Vogler Symphonies

Georg Joseph Vogler (1749-1814) has suffered the kind of bad press that few recover from. “A dreary musical jester… a...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 9/2009

Motets

Having sometimes found Pierre de la Rue a tough nut to crack on the basis of the current discography, I...

Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 13/1999

Strauss (Der) Rosenkavalier

This, the third version of Strauss’s opera on CD conducted by Karajan, was recorded at the opening of Salzburg’s Grosses...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 9/1999

American Works for Clarinet & Orchestra

How curious that a contemporary clarinet concerto should receive two recordings in such quick succession. Does John Corigliano's 30-minute work...

Reviewed in issue 4/1989

Bach Complete Solo Concertos, Volume 5

The first of the announced ‘solo concertos’ is BWV1060, ‘for 2 harpsichord [sic]’ but, as Lionel Salter found with the...

Reviewed by John Duarte in issue: 1/2001

Schumann and Brahms Lieder

Linda Finnie is still an artist underrated in her own land. Feted at Bayreuth as Fricka in the current Ring,...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 9/1991

Locke; Purcell Theatre Works

In an ingenious fashion, the tight-knit French Baroque ensemble La Rêveuse presents a programme celebrating a period of almost peerless...

Reviewed by Jonathan Freeman-Attwood in issue: 6/2007

Emil Gilels - Early Recordings, Vol 1

Many years ago when I was a schoolboy, my then piano teacher Ronald Smith returned from his studies in Paris...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 2/2009

Bach Brandenburg Concertos Nos 2, 4 and 5; Oboe Concertos

The London Conchord Ensemble have so far made their name as recording artists mainly with discs of 20th-century chamber music,...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 1/2007

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