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Chopin; Grieg Cello Sonatas

Chopin’s Cello Sonata, written shortly before his early death, has always provoked controversy. Does it show a late blossoming of...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 6/2006

Brahms; Mozart; Schubert Piano Sonatas

Saleem Abboud Ashkar is a 29-year-old Nazareth-born pianist whose first disc in EMI’s ‘Debut’ series consists of familiar and substantial...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 2/2006

Britten Music for Oboe and Piano

Close on the heels of Harmonia Mundi’s Poulenc/Britten disc (see above), featuring the excellent young French oboist Francois Leleux, comes...

Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 2/1996

Haydn Harmoniemesse/Salve Regina

Haydn’s Alpha and Omega here: his first major work, the Salve regina of 1756, juxtaposed with his last, the Harmoniemesse...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 2/1998

Dvorák Piano Quintet. String Quartet No 12

The Orion's American starts out with two distinct points in its favour: the first movement's repeat is honoured and, in...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 3/2000

Bendix; Simonsen Concertos for Piano & Orchestra

Volume 4 of Danacord’s Danish Piano Concertos steals a march on Hyperion’s Romantic Piano Concerto series by offering works by...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 6/2006

Bach Transcriptions

Bach writ large for orchestra might be likened to a tourist’s view of the Vatican. Regular worshippers tend to be...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: /2000

Boyce Select Anthems

This is an attractively constructed programme of anthems and voluntaries by one of our own most gifted baroque composers. Boyce...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 10/1992

Debussy Orchestral Works

The main works here are, of course, the Images and Jeux, and I suspect it will perhaps be above all...

Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 3/1990

New English Clarinet Music

All the pieces in this collection were commissioned by the Muhlfeld Ensemble (then known as the Muhlfeld Trio; they have...

Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 10/1994

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