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Bach - Tombeau de Sa Majesté la Reine de Pologne

Rather gentler than the reconstruction culture of recent years, the Ricercar Consort ask the listener to contemplate the mourning for...

Reviewed by Jonathan Freeman-Attwood in issue: 9/2007

Vaughan Williams Orchestral Works

Bernard Haitink's patient, heart-warming exploration of Vaughan Williams's symphonic odyssey continues with this noble account of the Fifth Symphony. Featuring...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 12/1995

Mozart Requiem K626

The novelty here is the inclusion of Neukomm’s Libera me, written expressly as a conclusion to Mozart’s Requiem (in 18th-century...

Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 7/2006

Ventadorn Le Fou sur le Pont (Troubadour Songs)

Camerata Mediterranea is the European sister ensemble to Joel Cohen's well-known Boston Camerata. The three singers he has chosen for...

Reviewed by mberry in issue: 11/1994

McLeod Piano Works

John McLeod takes an ingenious and compelling approach to a cycle of preludes related by key. The sense of small...

Reviewed by kYlzrO1BaC7A in issue: 10/1998

Cui (25) Preludes, Op 64

This is a reissue of a Marco Polo disc from 1993‚ and it’s good to have it available at Naxos’s...

Reviewed in issue 6/2002

Bartók Violin Sonatas

The main advantage that these 1995 recordings have over Stern’s earlier coupling of the same works (performances that were made...

Reviewed in issue 9/1997

Beethoven The Complete Piano Trios

Why five discs when the much-praised Ashkenazy/Perlman/Harrell team on EMI (3/87—nla) fit Beethoven's complete works for violin, cello and piano...

Reviewed by Joan Chissell in issue: 3/1992

Mendelssohn Organ Works

Mendelssohn’s six sonatas have been part of British organists’ repertorial bedrock for generations since their publication in 1845. Together with...

Reviewed by Malcolm Riley in issue: 13/2009

Bach Christmas Oratorio

Some might say that Philip Pickett's credentials for undertaking a large Bach choral project are not entirely obvious, especially as...

Reviewed by Jonathan Freeman-Attwood in issue: 5/2000

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