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Beethoven Cello Sonata; Schubert String Quintet

A remarkable, but unfortunately a deeply flawed performance of the Schubert. The fly in the ointment is Casals. Quite apart...

Reviewed by Stephen Johnson in issue: 11/1988

Bach Organ Works, Vol. 1

Kevin Bowyer has recorded Bach before, for Priory have released his ''Late Twentieth Century Edwardian Bach Recital'' ((CD) PRCD267, 3/90)....

Reviewed by Marc Rochester in issue: 10/1992

Tavener (The) Protecting Veil; Wake Up...and Die

This is now the third recording of The Protecting Veil to appear since Steven Isserlis’s Gramophone Award-winning premiere...

Reviewed by Michael Stewart in issue: 9/1998

Stravinsky The Rite of Spring; The Firebird

No one could complain that Yuri Simonov’s Stravinsky lacks character. The Firebird’s Introduction – served here in the context of...

Reviewed in issue 12/1997

Prokofiev Symphony-Concerto; Romeo and Juliet Suite No

In his later years Prokofiev was troubled by the layout of a number of his earlier works, the Fourth Symphony,...

Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 5/1987

Saint-Saëns Cello Concertos Nos. 1 and 2

This issue neatly plugs two gaps in the catalogue. The cello and orchestra version of the Op. 16 Suite (originally...

Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 11/1997

Stanford Piano Works, Vol. 1

Stanford wrote his First Set of 24 Preludes in 1918, a year of prolific activity for the composer (the Third...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 4/1996

Bach Art of Fugue

Bach’s open score notwithstanding, most scholars now believe that The Art of Fugue is keyboard music. Davitt Moroney is quite...

Reviewed by Nalen Anthoni in issue: 11/2000

Bach Sonatas and Partitas

Are a beautiful sound and a warm, singing tone as important to you as intelligent, stylish interpretation in Bach’s Sonatas...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 1/2006

Ann Murray sings Irish Songs

Irish song has a world of life in it, is not puffed-up, knows that a good laugh is part of...

Reviewed in issue 3/1999

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