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Great European Organs, No. 7

I cannot remember when I last enjoyed organ playing, either recorded or live, as much. The Abbey's newly enlarged Harrison...

Reviewed by Marc Rochester in issue: 10/1989

Bizet Ivan IV

The reclusive life led by this very nearly complete opera from the early 1860s, composed just before Les pêcheurs de...

Reviewed by rnichols in issue: 1/2003

Vivaldi Sacred Music, Vol. 2

This is the second volume in Vittorio Negri's series of sacred music by Vivaldi for solo voices with instruments (Vol....

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 2/1992

Mozart Piano Concertos

This is another fine issue in the series that Andras Schiff, Sandor Vegh and their Salzburg orchestra have been giving...

Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 10/1991

Beethoven: Orchestral Works

Solti's is an epic view of the Eroica Symphony somewhat after the manner of Klemperer (EMI). At Solti's steady-treading tempo,...

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 4/1987

Mozart - Piano Works

Most of Mozart's single piano pieces are the product of some special stimulus: they are not the daily bread of...

Reviewed by Stanley Sadie in issue: 6/2000

Beach Rendezvous

For as long as possible I shall restrict myself to facts. Amy Beach, born in 1867, was a prodigy who...

Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 12/2009

Bach Cantatas, Vol 24

As Masaaki Suzuki’s deeply considered journey through Bach’s cantatas moves towards the core of his celebrated chorale cantata cycle (or...

Reviewed by Jonathan Freeman-Attwood in issue: 8/2004

(The) Byrd Edition - Early Latin Church Music

Ending the first leg of their grand project to record all of Byrd’s music, The Cardinall’s Musick present the remaining...

Reviewed by David Fallows in issue: 13/1999

Hollywood String Quartet

These Royal Festival Hall performances have never appeared before either on LP or CD, and so will be of special...

Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 8/1996

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