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Gabrieli, A - Madrigali e Canzoni

Andrea Gabrieli, uncle of the more prodigious Giovanni, was a seasoned pragmatist and had his fingers in all the prevailing...

Reviewed by Jonathan Freeman-Attwood in issue: 11/1999

Carter Dialogues; Boston Concerto; Cello Concerto

There are composers who get a second wind late in their career – and then there’s Elliott Carter. Late bloomers...

Reviewed by K Smith in issue: 4/2006

Buckley In Lines Of Dazzling Light

Despite the fact that a CD consisting of two ensemble pieces bookending six assorted compositions for solo wind instruments might...

Reviewed by rthomas in issue: 4/2000

Janácek Folk Songs and Dances

Rakos Rakoczy was subtitled “Scenes from Moravian Slovakia”, and is really hardly more than a collection of folk dances and...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 4/1997

Desmarest Mass

Henry Desmarest is still a scarcely recorded composer, but Les Arts Florissants’ recent account of three of his grands motets...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 3/2001

Fasch, C & J Concertos

Of the family Fasch, Johann Friedrich is the dominant figure and one who continues to establish himself as an increasingly...

Reviewed by Jonathan Freeman-Attwood in issue: 6/2009

Beethoven String Quartet, Op. 131

This is the last of the Lindsay late Beethoven quartets to appear in single CD format and these lines are...

Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 2/1990

Foss Complete Works for Solo Piano

Born in 1922, Lukas Foss has a composing career stretching back over 70 years to his pre-teens in Weimar Germany,...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 6/2005

Tavener Schuon Lieder

As the last century drew to a close, Tavener became strongly attracted to the works of the late Swiss philosopher...

Reviewed by bwitherden in issue: 12/2005

Trumpet Recital

EMI's new recital series, Virtuosi, celebrates outstanding British soloists of which this presentation of John Wallace is the fourth to...

Reviewed by Jonathan Freeman-Attwood in issue: 11/1994

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