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The Singing Club

With such a wide range of often sung part-songs, catches and glees culled from about three centuries of English music-making,...

Reviewed in issue 9/1985

The Art of Segovia The HMV Recordings 1927-39

By the time I first met Segovia in 1948 his pre-eminence in the field of the classic guitar was unquestioned...

Reviewed by John Duarte in issue: 5/1989

Carreno Piano Works

Pianist, composer, singer and conductor, the Venezuelan Teresa Carreno was one of the most formidable musical women of the late...

Reviewed by Tim Parry in issue: 12/2000

Debussy; Glière; Mozart Harp Concertos

Mozart’s Flute and Harp Concerto is here given an unusually lively performance with Paul Watkins and the ECO. Yet the...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 2/2011

Stravinsky Works for Two Pianos

Perhaps my expectations were too high but I have to say that I expected greater things from Peter Hill and...

Reviewed by Michael Stewart in issue: 9/1996

Khachaturian/Tchaikovsky Orchestral Works

I welcomed Perlman's recording of Khachaturian's vital and tuneful Violin Concerto in its LP form and have enjoyed the CD...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 7/1985

Fauré & Franck Violin Sonatas

Osostowicz and Tomes, like Mintz and Bronfman (for Hyperion and DG respectively), offered only the two violin sonatas on their...

Reviewed by Joan Chissell in issue: 7/1990

Schmitt Salammbo, Orchestral Suites

When the producer and director of the 1925 silent film of Flaubert's Salammbo asked Florent Schmitt to provide a two-hour...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 6/1994

Tveitt Concertos

The Hardanger fiddle of western Norway probably originated in the mid­17th century‚ possibly – as Reidar Storaas suggests in his...

Reviewed in issue 8/2002

Webern Complete Works for String Quartet

The Debussy Quartet may indeed be “new interpreters” of Webern, as the title of this series indicates, but they seem...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 1/1997

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