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Biber Rosary Sonatas

The spate of Biber recordings dried up once the 2004 tercentenary commemoration of his death was over. This new recording...

Reviewed by Richard Lawrence in issue: 8/2008

Bax Oliver Twist; Malta G.C

It appears we have to thank Muir Mathieson (then music director of the Ministry of Information) for luring Bax out...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 12/2003

Sibelius Early String Quartets

BIS’s exploration of Sibelius juvenilia continues with this anthology charting the fledgling composer’s relationship with the quartet genre between 1885...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 3/2006

Berio Coro

On record at least, Coro is one of Berio's least penetrable large-scale works. Physical space, the movement of sound on...

Reviewed in issue 10/1988

Kancheli Styx; Tavener (The) Myrrh-Bearer

Another recording of Kancheli’s Styx while so many of his recent works await their first appearance on CD, and when...

Reviewed by David Fallows in issue: 11/2007

R. Strauss Ein Heldenleben

This is not the more familiar stereo Beecham Heldenleben (HMV, 5/61 – nla), but its predecessor of 1947 – a...

Reviewed in issue 12/1998

Chopin Etudes

Vol 4 of Eugéne Mursky’s Chopin cycle consists of the complete Etudes, thankfully including the Trois Nouvelles Etudes which form...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 3/2008

Scriabin (The) Complete Dances

Salle Wagram, Paris, was the venue for these recordings made 30 years ago over four days in July and October...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 9/2007

Mompou Canciones y danzas; Impresiones intimas

A small niggle first. The cover announces, in an implausible mixture of Catalan and Spanish, “Complete Canciones y danzas”; but...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 4/1997

Mahler Complete Symphonies

When Sir Georg Solti began recording Mahler for Decca, John Culshaw found the music made him feel physically sick. Solti's...

Reviewed in issue 12/1992

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