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Rachmaninov Piano Trios

The piano dominates in both scores and one can scarcely complain if it does so in the recording. There were...

Reviewed in issue 3/1985

Harp Music of France

Perhaps harpists make the best composers for the harp; or perhaps they just have the knack of writing the music...

Reviewed in issue 7/1985

Campra Idoménée

Andre Campra was one of the leading figures on the French musical stage between Lully's death in 1687 and Rameau's...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 9/1992

Lyatoshynsky Symphonies Nos 2 and 3

Boris Lyatoshinsky, who died aged 73 in 1968, was one of the most distinguished Ukrainian composers of his time, and...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 11/1994

Joby Talbot Once Around the Sun; (3) Billiardman Pieces

My previous encounter with Joby Talbot (b1971) left me impressed by his accomplished scoring and effective use of economical forces,...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 8/2005

Brahms: Lieder Recital

This comes from the the 10 - LP Brahms Edition Lieder set which Jessye Norman originally shared with Fischer-Dieskau. She...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 8/1985

Bach Cantatas, Vol 4

As the longest season in the liturgical calendar, Trinity is represented by the largest corpus from within Bach’s cantata oeuvre,...

Reviewed by Jonathan Freeman-Attwood in issue: 10/2009

Schumann/Grieg Piano Concertos

''To boldly go where no man has gone before'' is undoubtedly brave, but Jean-Marc Luisada shows another kind of courage...

Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 12/1994

Mozart: Choral Works

Mozart's symphonic and instrumental music, to say nothing of the operas, sometimes makes us forget his sacred choral music (even...

Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 5/1991

Nancarrow Studies and solos for Piano

Conlon Nancarrow moved from the US to Mexico City in 1940 largely because of his communist affiliations. He spent the...

Reviewed by Peter Dickinson in issue: 12/2004

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