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Couperin (Le) Portrait de l'Amour

From the music of François Couperin, Aline Zylberajch and Martin Gester have assembled a Watteau-esque idyll fit for a king....

Reviewed by Julie Anne Sadie in issue: 12/2003

Mozart Piano Sonatas, Vol. 1

This is the first of a set of the complete Mozart piano sonatas. I have admired Patrick Cohen in the...

Reviewed by Stanley Sadie in issue: 9/1996

Liszt (12) Transcendental Studies

These third and final versions of Liszt’s youthful Grande Etudes, the earliest of which began life in 1824 when he...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 10/2010

Bach/Veress Chamber Works

This disc continues Thomas Demenga's project of juxtaposing Bach cello suites with contemporary compositions—by Elliott Carter (12/90), Heinz Holliger, and...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 9/1993

Sullivan (The) Mikado; Iolanthe - highlights

Reviewing recent new recordings and reissues of The Mikado, I have regretted the continuing absence from the catalogue of...

Reviewed by Andrew Lamb in issue: 4/1994

Tailleferre Works for two pianos

Milhaud was responsible for introducing the young Germaine Tailleferre, who had been brilliantly carrying off prize after prize at the...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 11/1997

Beethoven Piano Sonata No 29 'Hammerklavier'; Diabelli Variations

Here are two of Beethoven’s longest works, one written at a time of personal crisis (1817-18) which the very act...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 9/2010

Handel Acis & Galatea

Acis and Galatea, though familiar to us as a work for soloists, chorus and orchestra, was originally composed on a...

Reviewed by Stanley Sadie in issue: 6/1990

Kurtág/Schumann Chamber Works

It’s logical enough: three works by Gyorgy Kurtag, one of which is called Hommage a R. Sch, placed alongside three...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 1/1996

Mozart Operatic Arias and Orchestral Works

Acid drips and a whiff of scorching haunts the air at the start of Figaro’s ‘Se vuol ballare’, which is...

Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 13/2005

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