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Cabezon - (La) tecla de l'alma

Playing on her copy of a 1652 Couchet made by Andreas Kilstróm, Italian harpsichordist Paola Erdas sets out to evoke...

Reviewed by Julie Anne Sadie in issue: 13/2010

Haydn Early Symphonies

The credentials of the Lausanne Chamber Orchestra in Haydn were firmly established through the excellent Philips series of Haydn operas...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 6/1992

Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto; Méditation

The Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto was one of the first works Joshua Bell recorded for Decca back in 1988 (now reissued...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 13/2005

MacMillan Piano Concerto No 2; (A) Scotch Bestiary

Jointly commissioned by the BBC and the Los Angeles Philharmonic, James MacMillan’s A Scotch Bestiary is “motivated by the great...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 10/2006

Ravel Daphnis et Chloé; Valses nobles et sentimentales

This brilliantly played new version of the complete Daphnis ballet starts with two very practical advantages over the outstanding version...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 4/1990

Mozart Violin Concertos

Isabelle van Keulen is a recent international prize-winner whose playing offers much fine sound together with fluent passagework and sure...

Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 5/1991

Nikolai Petrov plays French Music

I must applaud Nikolai Petrov's imaginative approach to programme-planning. After the remarkable CD of Paganini-inspired piano works containing his stupendous...

Reviewed by James Methuen-Campbell in issue: 7/1988

Love, the Magician

The VIDA Guitar Quartet comprises Mark Eden and Christopher Stell of Eden-Stell Guitar Duo fame, former David Russell student Mark...

Reviewed by William Yeoman in issue: 3/2010

Elgar Orchestral Works

This is a good Elgar record. Yondani Butt is new to me. Born in Macao, he is now a citizen...

Reviewed in issue 11/1988

Night Songs

Renée Fleming has one of the most sheerly beautiful voices in the world‚ with flawless high notes and an extended...

Reviewed in issue 2/2002

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