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Bach: Keyboard works

In place of customary analytical notes, the booklet here is given over to an absorbing interview with Brendel about playing...

Reviewed by Joan Chissell in issue: 5/1985

Le Groupe des Six

With his clean-cut technique, tonal sensitivity and verve, Marcelo Bratke confirms the very favourable impression created by his previous discs...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 12/1996

Tavener Innocence

If I had to recommend a single disc to convince anyone of the mastery of John Tavener, this would be...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 12/1995

Wagner Opera Orchestral Excerpts

If ever there were a case for live recording, this is it. Every bar of these performances is filled with...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 8/2005

Fauré Requiem; Franck Organ Symphony

Philippe Herreweghe’s earlier recording of the Fauré Requiem (Harmonia Mundi‚ 4/89) used Jean­Michel Nectoux’s edition of the original 1891 ‘chamber’...

Reviewed in issue 6/2002

Dussek Keyboard Works

Jan Ladislav Dussek (1760–1812) is best remembered for his Piano Method and a handful of sonatas which have remained in...

Reviewed in issue 9/1993

Bernstein Orchestral Works

Serenade, with its inventive, witty, and ever-haunting thematic games, is much underrated. At its heart is ''Agathon'', the host of...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 1/1989

Bizet L'Arlésienne (excs); Carmen (excs)

This repertoire is outstandilgy well represented in the current catalogue in all price ranges. At full price one thinks of...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 8/1984

Dvorák; Schoenberg Chamber Works

The Schoenberg Ensemble's recording of Verklarte Nacht on Philips has set a very high standard. Their reading plays the music's...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 1/1990

Sibelius Symphonies Nos 2 & 6

Readers will recall the acclaim that greeted the Sibelius cycle Sir Colin Davis and the LSO gave at the Barbican...

Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 12/1995

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