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LASSUS Biographie Musicale Vol III

After an uncertain start, this five-volume ‘discographical biography’ of Lassus has hit its stride. Each volume is entrusted to a...

Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 10/2014

Elīna Garanča: Meditation

‘Meditation’ comes with a mission statement in an interview in which the singer says ‘people long for fulfilment, comfort and...

Reviewed by Adrian Edwards in issue: 10/2014

MOZART; SCHUBERT; STRAVINSKY Piano Duos

Martha Argerich and Daniel Barenboim were born in Buenos Aires less than 18 months apart and were regarded as the...

Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 10/2014

PÄRT Choral Music

It should be said, before anyone has the chance to object to the appearance of yet another disc of Pärt’s...

Reviewed by Ivan Moody in issue: 10/2014

BARRY The Importance of Being Earnest

After the first night of Oscar Wilde’s play, in 1895, George Bernard Shaw complained that it had more of the...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 10/2014

BEETHOVEN Piano Concertos Nos 3 & 4

Even with a never-ending stream of Beethoven piano concerto recordings, whether from established masters (Kempff, Arrau, Gilels, etc) or work...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 10/2014

JS BACH Keyboard Partitas BWV825-830

‘When in trouble, play Bach’ – wise advice from Edwin Fischer to a pupil. He was making an observation to...

Reviewed by Stephen Plaistow in issue: 10/2014

HEGGIE Three Song Cycles

Best known for his operas, Jake Heggie is also a prolific writer of songs (over 250 to date), many of...

Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: AW2014

SAINT-SAËNS Cello Concertos

And still the Saint Saëns discs keep coming. This new one, embracing the two cello concertos together with La muse...

Reviewed by Geoffrey Norris in issue: AW2014

Alice Coote: Handel Arias

To plan a recital revolving around the most famous trilogies of arias from Ariodante, Alcina and Hercules might seem an...

Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: AW2014

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