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Mondonville Grands Motets

After years in which his name but rarely appeared in record catalogues, Mondonville has suddenly become a focus of attention:...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 12/1997

Brahms Hungarian Dances

Both issues offer distringuished performances by two of the world's great orchestras under conductors of stature. The playing of the...

Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 9/1984

20th Century Works for Solo Cello

Wolfgang Boettcher, now in his sixties, brings a wealth of experience to this unhackneyed programme: and, although he is no...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 13/1999

Shostakovich Chamber Works

That Shostakovich is not really the Beaux Arts' strong point is immediately suggested by the Quintet's poorly voiced, lumpily accented...

Reviewed in issue 8/1991

Cage Works for Percussion

The fourth volume of Cage’s percussion music contains some shocking revelations – at one time Cage wrote in glorious C...

Reviewed by Peter Dickinson in issue: 6/2006

Fireplay Percussion Works

This is a corker of a disc. I cannot imagine anyone who responds to top-notch virtuosity not being caught up...

Reviewed in issue 4/1995

Tchaikovsky Chamber Works

The prize-winning Keller Quartet have already given us Tchaikovsky's First and Second Quartets (also on Erato), and I was glad...

Reviewed in issue 10/1994

Schumann (Der) Rose Pilgerfahrt

This long-neglected fairy folk-tale of self-sacrificing mother-love was first rescued by Chandos four years ago in an engagingly fresh and...

Reviewed by Joan Chissell in issue: 7/1999

Birtwistle The Mask of Orpheus

I wouldn’t normally make such a recommendation, but can I earnestly suggest that, at least for a first hearing of...

Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 12/1997

Bach Mass in B minor

Herreweghe returns after ten years to re-record a work that did much to bring his distinctive approach to Bach performance...

Reviewed by Jonathan Freeman-Attwood in issue: 5/1998

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