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Schubert Complete Lieder, Vol.24

Renewed praise first of all for Graham Johnson, author of this huge project. We should feel privileged to be present...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 1/1996

Brahms; Bridge; Enescu Chamber Works

If you have the initial impression, as I had, that this is a motley collection of pieces, lacking focus, I’d...

Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 6/2007

J. Adams Shaker Loops; Light Over Water

Shaker Loops was John Adams's first major success, and for all the media coverage of his more recent, often more...

Reviewed in issue 12/1990

Schubert Piano Sonatas Nos 20 & 21

When writing these last two sonatas just a couple of months before his death, Schubert was still only 31. Yet...

Reviewed by Joan Chissell in issue: 9/1989

Verdi (I) Vespri Siciliani

This recording, like Verdi’s opera, has attracted mixed reviews over the years. Composed for Paris in 1855, Les Vepres siciliennes...

Reviewed by po'connor in issue: 1/2008

Sibelius Symphonies Nos 1 & 7

The only other CD account of the First Symphony is from Neeme Jarvi and the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra on BIS/Conifer,...

Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 1/1985

Wagner (The) Ring, An Orchestral Adventure; Siegfried Idyll

Dutch composer Henk de Vlieger describes his symphonic synthesis of the complete Ring cycle as “An Orchestral Adventure”, following very...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 4/2008

Bach, CPE Keyboard Works Vol 21

The six sonatas CPE Bach published in 1760 stand out for their rich melodic invention and subtle rhythmic manipulations of...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 5/2011

Duruflé Complete Organ Works

In addition to the six organ pieces Durufle eventually allowed to be published this disc also contains three of the...

Reviewed by Marc Rochester in issue: 10/1997

Sibelius Orchestral Works

The name Anthony Collins (1893-1963) probably doesn't mean a great deal to the majority of younger Gramophone readers, but for...

Reviewed by Stephen Johnson in issue: 6/1994

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