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Tallis: Sacred Choral Works

A previous CD by this choir (Byrd's Cantiones Sacrae—CRD3408, 10/86) disappointed with its recorded quality. This one is a great...

Reviewed in issue 4/1987

Bernstein/Gershwin Orchestral Works

In attempting to clean up Bernstein's lower West Side, Edo de Waart has come hopelessly unstuck. There isn't much of...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 5/1991

Bax Piano Works, Vol. 1

The piano is still one of the most difficult instruments to record really well. All too often the sound emerges...

Reviewed in issue 12/1987

Purcell - On the Muse's Isle

We are blessed, it seems, with an excellent new generation of countertenors at present. Andreas Scholl and David Daniels have...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 4/1999

Evgeny Kissin Legendary 1984 Moscow Concert

Here is a collectors’ item beyond price: a living rather than fabricated example of just what is possible from a...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 2/1996

Sibelius/Prokofiev Violin Concertos

It's a complicated business, listening—but often it's not until problems begin to arise that you realize how complicated it is....

Reviewed by Stephen Johnson in issue: 7/1992

Chopin Piano works

As many readers will recall, the Canadian pianist, Louis Lortie, was one of the outstanding talents brought to light on...

Reviewed by Joan Chissell in issue: 1/1987

Schubert Piano Duets, Vol. 3

I’m afraid that I can find little to commend this disc. Schubert’s duets are a rich source, but 65 minutes...

Reviewed by Tim Parry in issue: 13/1998

Baroque Trumpet Concertos

This is the third of Hakan Hardenberger's recordings of baroque concertos for Philips. Firstly came an all-Telemann disc (8/88) and...

Reviewed by Jonathan Freeman-Attwood in issue: 5/1995

Wassanaer Concerti armonici

''The 'Pergolesi' Concerti Armonici attributed to Unico Wilhelm Graf van Wassenaer'', the sleeve is headed. It might better have been...

Reviewed by Stanley Sadie in issue: 3/1987

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