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(The) Organ of St Tropez

The mention of Saint-Tropez will inevitably conjure up images of a sunny holiday destination; but for lovers of fine organs...

Reviewed by Christopher Nickol in issue: 12/2002

Melcer Piano Concertos Nos 1 & 2

Henryk Melcer (‑Szczwinski) does not merit a mention in every musical reference work. He was born near Warsaw in 1869...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 1/2008

Lully (Le) triomphe de l'Amour

In 1680 Louis XIV, eager to relive his youth through his own children, commissioned his surintendant de musique to devise...

Reviewed by Julie Anne Sadie in issue: 6/2004

Debussy Etudes

Debussy wrote his two books of Etudes in the autumn of 1915. They are dedicated to the memory of Chopin,...

Reviewed by James Methuen-Campbell in issue: 8/1988

A. Tcherepnin Orchestral Works

Marco Polo are doing invaluable work in recording pieces which in many cases have insufficient character to be viable in...

Reviewed in issue 10/1992

Arnold Symphonies Nos 3 and 4

Not long ago Richard Hickox and the LSO recorded these two symphonies for Chandos with success and this is now...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 12/1996

Mozart Requiem

Scherchen recorded the Requiem twice, first in 1954 (Ducretet Thomson, 6/56 – nla), then again in 1958 (the version we...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 3/1997

Schubert Symphonies Nos 1 & 2

A surprisingly uninvolved live account of the First Symphony flares into life in the florid set pieces but otherwise emphasizes...

Reviewed by mquinn in issue: 9/1998

Sorabji (100) Transcendental Studies, Nos 1 - 25

Given the number of recordings now appearing, it was inevitable that Kaikhosru Sorabji’s 100 Transcendental Studies be tackled, and Swedish...

Reviewed by kYlzrO1BaC7A in issue: 6/2006

Schubert Symphonies

There is playing of great beauty and power in the Unfinished, as you'd expect, excepting the slightly ragged chording in...

Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 8/1991

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