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Review of Somervell Maud; A Shropshire Lad

Somervell Maud; A Shropshire Lad

Together with Parry's English Lyrics and some pieces by Stanford, these are among the foundation stones of the modern English...

Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 7/1986

Review of Handel Music for the Royal Fireworks; Water Music

Handel Music for the Royal Fireworks; Water Music

Already in its LP for this Fireworks Music was one of the best performances available (certainly the best of the...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 3/1983

Review of The Essential Harpsichord

The Essential Harpsichord

I would have preferred ''The Popular Harpsichord'' to ''The Essential Harpsichord'' since, of course so much that is of essence...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 5/1991

Review of Mozart Piano Concerto 27 & Double Concerto

Mozart Piano Concerto 27 & Double Concerto

These radio recordings with Curzon date from two different periods. The two concertos, helped by the warm Royal Albert Hall...

Reviewed in issue 5/2000

Review of Martin Orchestral Works, Volume 1

Martin Orchestral Works, Volume 1

As a glance at the comparisons listed above shows, we are well served at present for the Concerto for seven...

Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 7/1994

Review of Bach Goldberg Variations

Bach Goldberg Variations

Bach's music is at the same time the most often transcribed and, on balance, the most amenable to transcription. He...

Reviewed in issue 8/1986

Review of Stanford Symphony No 1; Clarinet Concerto

Stanford Symphony No 1; Clarinet Concerto

This is the final recording in the Naxos series of Stanford symphonies, featuring an unusual coupling of the early (but...

Reviewed by Jeremy Dibble in issue: 12/2008

Review of Suppe Pique Dame

Suppe Pique Dame

Viennese operetta lovers have seldom had it so good. While various companies reissue 1950s radio broadcasts of operettas that in...

Reviewed by Andrew Lamb in issue: 5/2010

Review of Sørensen Birds and Bells.

Sørensen Birds and Bells.

Those who know the music of Bent Sorensen (b.1958) from Da Capo’s disc of his prize-winning Violin Concerto and the...

Reviewed in issue 10/1999

Review of Brahms; Reinecke Flute Sonatas

Brahms; Reinecke Flute Sonatas

Emmanuel Pahud is a masterly flautist, a genuine star among EMI's contracted instrumentalists. He plays with exquisite insouciance at the...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 2/2007


 

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