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Bach Clavier-Übung

Kirkpatrick was one of the leading lights of the harpsichord world during my childhood and adolescence, and I suppose I...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 3/2000

Tchaikovsky Orchestral Works

Many issues offer the coupling of Capriccio italien, the 1812 Overture and Marche slave, three of Tchaikovsky’s most popular works,...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 11/2003

Khachaturian/Tjeknavorian Orchestral Works

The suite from Khachaturian's incidental music for The Widow of Valencia is a real find and one wonders why it...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 3/1994

Schumann Lieder to Heine poems

The recording of Schumann songs is becoming a serious industry. Following CDs from Hampson (EMI, 10/97), Keenlyside (Hyperion, 3/98), and...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 5/1998

Foulds; Vaughan Williams Works for Piano & Orchestra

Edward Greenfield greeted this disc with much enthusiasm when it appeared on LP in 1984, and I echo, if not...

Reviewed by Michael Stewart in issue: 3/1993

Mahler (orch Berio)/R. Strauss Lieder

The real discovery here is Strauss's 15-minute-long, wholly neglected ''Notturno'', a narrative with orchestra to a poem by Richard Dehmel....

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 8/1994

Docker Orchestral Works

Robert Docker is pro-bably best known as a composer of film music (including a contribution to Chariots of Fire). His...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 9/2000

Franck Organ Music

From the opening notes of the B minor Choral it is clear that we are in the right environment for...

Reviewed in issue 10/1984

Leclair Ouvertures et Sonates, Op 13

Leclair's Op. 13 is an impressive publication dating from 1753. It contains three ouvertures and three trio sonatas skilfully written...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 12/1993

Gluck Echo and Narcissus

Echo et Narcisse, Gluck's last opera, was a failure on its premiere in Paris in 1779, and has never been...

Reviewed by Stanley Sadie in issue: 11/1988

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