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Heifetz Collection - Concertos

The gem of this disc is the Wieniawski concerto, with which Heifetz not only created a sensation on his American...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 11/1992

Berlioz Orchestral Works

As AS writes in his notes to this reissue, ''Berlioz was part of the Halle Orchestra's tradition from the very...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 3/1991

Mozart Requiem

This is a strong, dramatic performance of the Mozart Requiem, which initially I thought looked like being able to challenge...

Reviewed by Stanley Sadie in issue: 3/2003

Thompson (The) Peaceable Kingdom

Randall Thompson (1899-1984) was an all-round American composer and academic but his orchestral music has vanished on CD, leaving his...

Reviewed by Peter Dickinson in issue: 13/2008

The Greatest Story Ever Told - Original Soundtrack

Despite his failing health, Hollywood legend Alfred Newman spent the better part of 1964 and 1965 writing the music for...

Reviewed by kmulhall in issue: 12/1998

Schubert The Piano Trios

With Schubert’s centenary year now upon us, it was predictable that the Fontenay Trio would soon enter the field. This...

Reviewed by Joan Chissell in issue: 2/1997

Berkeley, L Ruth

Only two years ago, at the time of Lennox Berkeley’s centenary, I said that judgements about his operas must be...

Reviewed by Peter Dickinson in issue: 7/2005

Sol y Sombra

Recently, increasing attention has been paid to the music written in Latin America during the renaissance and baroque periods, much...

Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 9/1999

Forqueray Pièces de Clavecin

‘Forqueray and Son’‚ this really should be‚ and possibly ‘and Daughter­in­Law’ as well. Antoine Forqueray‚ a contemporary of Couperin‚ wrote...

Reviewed by kYlzrO1BaC7A in issue: 2/2002

Stravinsky conducts Stravinsky - The Mono Years 1952-55

This two-CD set calls itself ‘The Mono Years 1952-55’ to distinguish the recordings from those Stravinsky made in the following...

Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 4/1999

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