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Jenkins Fantasias and Arias

Roger North wrote of Jenkins that ‘he was a great reformer of musick in his time‚ for he got the...

Reviewed in issue 5/2002

Sibelius Kullervo Symphony

Sibelius made his breakthrough in 1892 with Kullervo, his big five-movement symphonic poem-cum-symphony. It was the first of his works...

Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 3/1996

Britten Songs Vol. II

The second volume of Aldeburgh Music’s survey of Britten’s songs sweeps up the remaining major cycles. A fine line has...

Reviewed by Richard Fairman in issue: 1/2012

Canzoni per Sonare

Perusing the Gabrieli discography, one soon discovers that the Canzoni per sonare from 1608 (published by the energetic entrepreneur, Alessandro...

Reviewed by Jonathan Freeman-Attwood in issue: 3/2010

Van Dieren: Piano Works, Vol.2

Writing in the 1930's, Cecil Gray gave reasons for his firm conviction that van Dieren was ''not only one of...

Reviewed in issue 9/1986

Shostakovich Symphony No. 8

The haphazard nature of Russia’s economic transformation is reflected in the increasingly chaotic presentation of plums from what is –...

Reviewed in issue 2/1997

Rautavaara String Quartets 1 & 2/String Quintet

Here we encounter not one Einojuhani Rautavaara, but three: the fledgeling student captivated by folklore; the dodecaphonic zealot stretching the...

Reviewed in issue 10/1998

Tchaikovsky Romeo and Juliet; Francesca da Rimini

As in his rather disappointing recording of Tchaikovsky's Fifth Symphony (Decca SXDL7533, 12/81), Riccardo Chailly does not show any special...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 2/1985

Scarlatti Keyboard Sonatas

On the grounds that three ‘Florentine pianos’ existed at the Spanish court in Scarlatti’s time, David Schrader postulates that some...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 6/1999

Handel Harpsichord Suites Vol 2

These two volumes were recorded as long ago as October 1998. Since then, Ottavio Dantone has won acclaim for writing...

Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 2/2005

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