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Musique and Sweet Poetrie

“If musique and sweet poetrie agree,” begins Barnfield’s sonnet. Thus the keynote for this collection of songs and lute solos...

Reviewed by William Yeoman in issue: 4/2007

Bryars Chamber Works

Restrained, elegiac and with an almost therapeutic consistency of pulse, “The Last Days” (the album’s generic title) suggests a combination...

Reviewed in issue 2/1996

Rachmaninov Piano concerto Nos 1 & 2

With no shortage of fine versions of this pairing from which to choose, EMI must rely on the undoubted selling...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 11/2005

Sculthorpe Piano Music

This is a fascinating collection—a composer's source-book and an introduction to one of the leading personalities in Australian music. A...

Reviewed by Peter Dickinson in issue: 3/1992

Bartoli sings Mozart Arias

No doubt this concert, recorded at Graz’s elegant Stefaniensaal, is aimedprimarily at Bartoli-philes, who will not be disappointed; it’s predictably...

Reviewed by mscott rohan in issue: 6/2003

Laurent Korcia - Doubles Jeux

Laurent Korcia is not only an uncommonly accomplished violinist but also an uncommonly original programmer. One would not normally expect...

Reviewed by Andrew Lamb in issue: 2/2007

Beethoven Symphonies, etc

I remember with great affection the Schubert symphony cycle that Menuhin recorded for HMV with the Bath Festival Chamber Orchestra...

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 4/1996

Chausson Concerto & String Quartet

Although it is a rarity in the concert hall, the Chausson Concert has been fairly well served by the gramophone....

Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 3/1987

Psalms from St Paul's, Volume 8

Because ours is a magazine with a primarily musical interest, comments on this series have mostly had to do with...

Reviewed in issue 4/1999

Janácek String Quartets Nos 1 and 2

It’s a pleasant coincidence‚ hearing two identical couplings played by two quartets­in­residence at London’s Wigmore Hall (the Sùkampa were there...

Reviewed in issue 5/2002

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