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Elgar/Holst Partsongs

It is rare for a large chorus, usually singing with a permanent symphony orchestra, to have a programme expressly planned...

Reviewed in issue 3/1987

Brahms Piano Quintet Op 34

Now here’s something quite unusual! Andreas Staier is playing a Steinway model D dating from 1901; not exactly contemporary with...

Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 1/2005

Bartók/Scriabin Orchestral Works

Boulez's first recording of The Wooden Prince is warmer and marginally more relaxed than his keenly attenuated remake with the...

Reviewed in issue 9/1995

Flute Recital

This programme has the Gallic flavour that is almost a sine qua non in view of the quantity of music...

Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 7/1994

Trumpet Concertos

It seems as if the great trumpet maestro cannot put the instrument down after all the hullabaloo about his retirement:...

Reviewed in issue 7/1995

Fauré Barcarolles

It is not entirely flippant to begin by saying that Faure wrote more barcarolles than any other distinguished composer. Ranging...

Reviewed in issue 7/1985

Brahms Hungarian Dances

I haven't enjoyed a set of performances of the Hungarian Dances so much since I played them with the local...

Reviewed by Stephen Johnson in issue: 3/1987

Chausson Orchestral Works

Paul Paray's Mercury performance of Chausson's Symphony with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra has considerable vitality yet now seems low-powered beside...

Reviewed in issue 9/1985

Finzi Clarinet Concerto

A highly accomplished, indeed commanding performance of Finzi’s gorgeous Clarinet Concerto from Northern Sinfonia principal, Robert Plane. With his bright,...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 12/1998

Bach Violin Partitas

Like fellow guitarist Paul Galbraith, Timo Korhonen finds much of interest in the numerological and theological correspondences in Bach’s music...

Reviewed by William Yeoman in issue: 10/2010

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