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D'Adamo; D'India; Madrigali

Sigismondo d’India rarely gets the airing he deserves these days, but to confront his work with a response from a...

Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 9/2009

Ancient Airs and Dances

Time was when the majority of records of late medieval and renaissance music were made up of social music and...

Reviewed by Iain Fenlon in issue: 4/1988

Dufay Chansons

Dufay’s songs are not well served on CD. They make episodic appearances here and there in song anthologies, but ever...

Reviewed in issue 9/1996

Vierne Pièces de fantaisie, 2nd & 4th Suites

This panoramic traversal of Parisian organ music provides an excellent introduction to the improviser’s art, a tradition captured from the...

Reviewed by Malcolm Riley in issue: 3/2010

Villa-Lobos Chôros for Chamber Ensembles

The confusions and contradictions seemingly inseparable from anything to do with Villa-Lobos are fully maintained here. From a composer who...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 6/1987

Mozart String Quartets

The beginning of K590’s second movement lacks any marks of articulation, but in the fifth bar Mozart adds staccato dashes....

Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 13/2004

Beethoven Diabelli Variations

This reissue is a reminder of a prodigiously gifted pianist who died tragically at the age of 42. His recording...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 11/2009

French Baroque Flute Music

This attractive release is one of three solo discs promoted recently by Chandos under the umbrella 'emerging talent' (the other...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 2/1994

Sallinen Songs of Life and Death

Listening to these two works by Aulis Sallinen is a bit like looking at two different photographs of the composer:...

Reviewed in issue 12/1995

Brahms Symphonies Nos 1-4; Overtures etc

First, let me dispel any fears that Nikolaus Harnoncourt’s Brahms is quirky, provocative or abrasive. Yes, there are interpretative novelties...

Reviewed in issue 11/1997

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