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Review of Saint-Saëns Organ Works

Saint-Saëns Organ Works

For many, Saint-Saëns’s most obvious contribution to the organ’s repertory is the simple chord of C major which heralds the...

Reviewed by Marc Rochester in issue: 12/2011

Review of Busch; Holbrooke; Wordsworth Cello Works

Busch; Holbrooke; Wordsworth Cello Works

Hard on the heels of Guy Johnston’s compelling versions of the Bridge and Britten Cello Sonatas (Orchid, 10/10) come these...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 11/2010

Review of British Clarinet Quintets

British Clarinet Quintets

Though by no means prolific in the number of releases Redcliffe have nevertheless provided a much-needed service for some less-recorded...

Reviewed by Michael Stewart in issue: 11/1996

Review of Brian Kay's British Light Music Discoveries

Brian Kay's British Light Music Discoveries

Though Brian Kay’s name and portrait are used to promote this splendid collection, I suspect the driving force may have...

Reviewed by Andrew Lamb in issue: 4/1999

Review of Jean-Efflam Bavouzet plays Debussy, Massenet and Ravel

Jean-Efflam Bavouzet plays Debussy, Massenet and Ravel

Debussy’s Fantaisie is such a gorgeous work that its infrequent appearances on the concert platform (or on disc, for that...

Reviewed by Geoffrey Norris in issue: 12/2010

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Review of Minkus Don Quixote

Minkus Don Quixote

Things have changed since I reviewed a recording of Léon Minkus’s Don Quixote almost 30 years ago (7/74). Then the...

Reviewed by Andrew Lamb in issue: 2/2004

Review of Prokofiev Peter and the Wolf

Prokofiev Peter and the Wolf

This CD is aimed primarily at the American market, but even so, Sophia Loren’s charming narration of Peter and the...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 2/2004

Review of Sibelius Symphony No 2; Tubin Symphony No 5

Sibelius Symphony No 2; Tubin Symphony No 5

This is a disc whose raison d’être rather escapes me. What is the point of yet another Sibelius Second when...

Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 1/2003

Review of Bach Viola da Gamba Sonatas

Bach Viola da Gamba Sonatas

Bach was well acquainted with the cello but he designated these sonatas for the viola da gamba, probably because of...

Reviewed by John Duarte in issue: 10/1999

Review of Dvorák Centenary Song Recital

Dvorák Centenary Song Recital

Ambitiously entitled ‘Dvorák and his Age’, this set offers more than half of a marathon Lieder recital of almost four...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 3/2006


 

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