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Women at an Exposition - 1893 Chicago World Fair

The World's Columbian Exposition held in Chicago in 1893 was, according to my ancient Encyclopaedia Britannica, ''an artistic and educational...

Reviewed in issue 12/1993

(The) Art of the Lute Player

Despite its title this is not merely another programme of lute music. Jacob Heringman, a distinguished lutenist, here shows his...

Reviewed by John Duarte in issue: 2/2003

Organ works by Francis Jackson

The importance of this recording is twofold: it provides a cross-section of Francis Jackson's organ music output, played by the...

Reviewed in issue 4/1987

Hallgrímsson Cello Concerto

Although he has composed across a variety of media (his piano music was reviewed last November), Haflioi Halgrímsson was once...

Reviewed by Richard_Whitehouse in issue: 8/2009

Vivaldi Organ Concertos

This is not only my first encounter with a CD, but also my introduction to the products of this label....

Reviewed in issue 5/1984

Mozart Le Nozze di Figaro

Were there not at least half a dozen recommendable CD versions available, not to mention the Sony Classical Abbado LaserDisc...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 6/1994

Pärt Choral Works

Christopher Bowers-Broadbent seems almost to have claimed exclusive rights over Arvo Part’s organ writing; he features prominently in the recordings...

Reviewed by Marc Rochester in issue: 1/1998

Debussy/Janácek/Shostakovich String Quartets

Intelligent, beautifully blended playing from the young Vogler Quartet. In the Debussy, their lucid, comparatively objective manner put me in...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 7/1994

Schwarzkopf, Seefried and Fischer-Dieskau

As the archives of the BBC and ORTF yield up forgotten TV broadcasts, we are being offered ever more examples...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 2/2004

Beethoven Violin Sonata No 7, Schubert, Saint-Saëns

The first thing to say about Viviane Hagner’s violin playing is that it promotes a bright, sweetly expressive tone, a...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 10/2000

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