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Spohr: Lieder

In his admirable study of Spohr (Louis Spohr: a critical biography—Cambridge: 1984), Clive Brown quotes a pretty devastating review by...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 11/1985

Schubert Piano Works

Schubert and Brendel are repackaged once again, and this time in a compilation which concentrates the ear and mind particularly...

Reviewed by hfinch in issue: 5/1994

Spanish Songs & Theatre Music

Seventeenth-century Spanish music is far less well represented on disc than the great cathedral polyphonic repertory of the sixteenth: the...

Reviewed by Tess Knighton in issue: 7/1992

Barber Solo Piano Works

It’s a measure of the international standing of Barber that, a year after his centenary, a British pianist has come...

Reviewed by Peter Dickinson in issue: 11/2011

Chabrier Piano Works

Cortot said that no one had written like Chabrier for the piano; and it is significant that his first work...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 8/1992

Poulenc Vocal, Chamber & Orchestral Works

Decca have already had a go at reassembling three of these Poulenc recordings (Enterprise, 7/90), but now, with two discs...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 7/1996

(The) Ligeti Project, Volume 1

It is good that Teldec has picked up where Sony left off in issuing a complete edition of Ligeti’s authorized...

Reviewed in issue 5/2001

Dvorák Symphonic Poems and Concert Overtures

One can think of lots of reasons why Dvorak's symphonic poems have never attained the recognition or popularity of those...

Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 10/1991

Böhm - Organ Works

For those who revere JS Bach’s music, especially his organ works, an understanding of its antecedents is essential. Although his...

Reviewed by Malcolm Riley in issue: 12/2011

Maw Violin Concerto

Confronted with a booklet-note comparing Nicholas Maw to Brahms, describing him as a genius and this concerto as a masterpiece,...

Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 1/2000

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