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Haydn String Quartets, Op. 74 / 2 & 3

This issue completes the recording by the appropriately named Salomon Quartet of the six string quartets (Op. 71 Nos. 1...

Reviewed by rgolding in issue: 9/1984

Stainer (The) Crucifixion (orch Rose)

Stainer wrote his Crucifixion for choir and organ without, as far as I know, any suggestion that it might later...

Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 8/2003

Beethoven Piano Sonatas Nos 13-15

The insert-note stresses the new personal tone in these sonatas, and the importance of mood. Ranki's playing stresses clarity and...

Reviewed in issue 10/1990

Pierre Bernac

While they were both at the Salzburg Festival in 1934, Pierre Bernac wrote a three-line note to Francis Poulenc: ‘I...

Reviewed in issue 6/1999

Elgar/Bridge Piano Quintets

A most moving performance of Elgar's Piano Quintet, recorded with outstanding fidelity in Birmingham's Adrian Boult Hall. The rapport between...

Reviewed in issue 1/1990

Mozart Don Giovanni

At last. The 1959 Giulini Don Giovanni has been digitally remastered and made available on CD. Philip Hope-Wallace, reviewing the...

Reviewed by hfinch in issue: 12/1987

Camilleri Choral Music

Unicorn-Kanchana have released three discs devoted to the music of this 64-year-old Maltese composer; one of organ music, another containing...

Reviewed by Marc Rochester in issue: 3/1995

Firelight Original Soundtrack

Like the film, Christopher Gunning’s score begins mysteriously. A dancing hearth’s flame is accompanied by an equally flickering theme for...

Reviewed in issue 12/1998

Weber Clarinet Quintet; Piano Quartet; Trio

Weber’s three pieces of chamber music make an attractive record, and the performances here are responsive to the works’ particular...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 8/2005

Schütz Geistliche Chormusik

This anthology shows both sides of Schutz’s output: the solid prima prattica training which shows in his fine handling of...

Reviewed in issue 5/1996

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