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Harsanyi/Martinu/Tansmann Chamber Works

The advent of the fully chromatic keyboard led to profound changes in both the character and notation of instrumental music,...

Reviewed by John Duarte in issue: 3/1996

Josef Hofmann plays Chopin

Tantalizingly, no details are available here of exactly when or where (Europe or the USA?) Hofmann made these recordings, with...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 2/1992

Battaglie and Lamenti, 1600-60

The latest release from the indefatigable Jordi Savall on his own label Alia Vox brings together laments and battle pieces...

Reviewed in issue 5/2001

Bach Partita No 2, BWV 1004 (viola trans); Ligeti Viola Sonata

This year has already seen the publication of several outstanding viola recordings, and here are two more to keep up...

Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 8/2007

Mahler Symphony No 3

Benjamin Zander’s cycle of the Mahler symphonies with the Philharmonia Orchestra began promisingly with a powerful and individual account of...

Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 5/2004

Granados Goyescas

Tom Kerstens is one of today’s more adventurous guitarists. Not content with a disc entirely devoted to the music of...

Reviewed by William Yeoman in issue: 10/2008

Bliss Film Music

Chandos continues its most enjoyable film music series with a disc devoted to Sir Arthur Bliss, whose score for Things...

Reviewed in issue 7/2001

Handel Alcina

There were already two Alcina recordings in the catalogue that no Handelian would want to be without; and now there...

Reviewed by hcanning in issue: 3/2000

Brahms: Orchestral & Vocal Works

Eduard van Beinum was a natural Brahmsian and the Concertgebouw players have this music in their very being. The naturally...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 10/1988

Tippett Music for Strings

The latest Tippett disc from Chandos and Richard Hickox follows hard on the heels of an EMI British Composers issue...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 3/1996

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