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Vivaldi Complete Music for Lute and Strings

The recording of these works by Jakob Lindberg et al (BIS, 9/85) remained my first choice until the appearance of...

Reviewed by John Duarte in issue: 4/1997

Mosolov Piano Works

Italian pianist Daniele Lombardi is a committed exponent of Mosolov and the other so-called Russian Futurists, who sought to synthesize...

Reviewed in issue 5/1997

Borodin Orchestral Works

In 1867, Berlioz's Queen Mab paid a fleeting visit to St Petersburg via the Scherzo of Alexander Borodin's First Symphony:...

Reviewed in issue 1/1994

Emma Eames & Pol Plançon

Here, in the first place, is a marvellous sense of period. Perhaps because of the concentration on two representative figures,...

Reviewed in issue 1/1995

Górecki Symphony No 2; Beatus vir

Nicholas Copernicus (1473-1543) was responsible for a 'System' that laid the foundations for modern astronomy; he also took up duties...

Reviewed in issue 7/1994

Brian Orchestral Works

Whether you respond to it or not, Havergal Brian's voice is certainly a distinctive one: craggily defiant one moment, expectantly...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 9/1993

Donizetti L'elisir d'amore

Prospective purchasers of L'elisir d'amore are indeed trebly fortunate—firstly, of course, because of the sheer delight to be derived from...

Reviewed by Andrew Lamb in issue: 6/1986

Schnittke Violin Works

This new contribution to BIS’s large-scale Schnittke project underlines the differences between early and late, and even someone inclined to...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 9/2006

Brahms String Quartet in C minor; String Quintet Op 111

The Belcea Quartet’s repertoire continues to range widely, and those impressed by their Schubert or Dutilleux are unlikely to be...

Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 4/2004

Bruckner Symphony No 4

Why, you might ask, does Decca, having Solti's brilliant digital version of this symphony in its CD catalogue already, bother...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 5/1985

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