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Weiss Lute works

1985 was a big year for birth tricentenaries but what of 1986? Well, there were two, both of which you...

Reviewed by John Duarte in issue: 1/1987

Per flauto

Cologne is very much at the centre of early music activity in Germany; the Ganassi Consort are yet another ensemble...

Reviewed by Tess Knighton in issue: 8/1989

Beethoven (The) Complete Violin Sonatas, Vol 1

When it comes to performing Beethoven, there are some things that do matter and some that don’t: Peter Cropper and...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 4/2007

Bartók Concerto for Orchestra; Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition

In May 1943 Serge Koussevitzky commissioned Bela Bartok, already ill and severely short of money, to write a major work...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 12/2000

Kronos Quartet Black Angels

Stylishly packaged, intelligently programmed, superbly recorded and brilliantly performed. In short, very much the sort of disc we've come to...

Reviewed by Michael Stewart in issue: 4/1991

Verdi Falstaff

For many years now‚ most important opera recordings have been identified by their conductors (Karajan’s this and Solti’s that)‚ but...

Reviewed in issue 10/2001

Khachaturian Orchestral Works

Neeme Jarvi's recording of Khachaturian's Second Symphony is very fine indeed; under his direction this work assumes a degree of...

Reviewed by mjameson in issue: 10/1991

Mompou Piano Works, Vol. 1

It’s only six months since Stephen Hough’s seductive performances of Mompou enchanted us all; and now another highly praised pianist...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 5/1998

Hear my Prayer

With his 78rpm recording of Hear my prayer (now transferred to CD—EMI (CD) CDH7 63827-2), Ernest Lough became one of...

Reviewed in issue 10/1991

French Choral and Organ Works

Vierne's Messe solennelle is a magnificent work full of spine-tingling harmonies and sumptuous melodies. The luxuriance of this score is...

Reviewed by Marc Rochester in issue: 10/1989

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