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Wölfl Piano Sonatas

‘They generally lack emotional substance’ is Ewan West’s verdict (New Grove, 2nd Edition) on the piano compositions of Joseph Wölfl...

Reviewed by Nalen Anthoni in issue: 3/2004

Liszt Missa Choralis; Via Crucis

Without in any way wishing to belittle his much-vaunted devotion to the Church and its music, I have to confess...

Reviewed by Marc Rochester in issue: 1/2001

Anne-Lise Bernsten Song Recital

Here is an artist. Indeed, the pianist is another, but, with whatever rough justice, interest focuses first upon the singer....

Reviewed in issue 11/1991

Orchestral music from the opera

The very agreeable ambience of this recording makes for pleasant, undemanding listening. The highlight is the ''Dance of the hours''...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 8/1985

Glinka Orchestral Works including A Life for the Tsar Overture & Suite

Glinka left disappointingly little purely orchestral music, and almost everything performable is here. To these captivating pieces, which should be...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 7/2000

Charpentier, M-A Sacred Music, Vol 4

This is the fourth volume of Charpentier sacred music to have come from Le Concert Spirituel, and appears after a...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 8/2000

Beethoven Symphony 5; Leonora Overtures

A solidly played, warm-toned account of the Fifth Symphony will probably excite someone unfamiliar with the music but it can...

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 1/1990

Schumann, C and R Lieder

Schumann’s songs are surely performed now more frequently than at any period in the past. At the same time has...

Reviewed in issue 5/2002

Passacaglia

Regent Records have the happy knack of making fine recordings of instruments that are slightly off the beaten track but...

Reviewed by Malcolm Riley in issue: 1/2010

Offenbach Le vie parisienne

As the author of the notes accompanying this recording points out, it is no mean achievement for a show that...

Reviewed by Andrew Lamb in issue: 1/1987

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