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Britten Premieres

These are ‘premieres’ not only in the sense of ‘first recordings’ (the Ceremony of Carols, the pieces for two pianos...

Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 11/1996

Beecham conducts Handel

Now that Stokowski’s colourful Bach transcriptions have been widely appreciated on disc, it is time that Beecham’s delectable Handel confections...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 1/1997

Vivaldi Sacred Works

Trevor Pinnock and Michael Chance have devised a programme of sacred music by Vivaldi which should touch, if not melt,...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 8/1997

Beethoven Piano Sonatas

Old men who insist on climbing mountains are a phenomenon to be wondered at. The late I. A. Richards, godfather...

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 2/1987

Rêverie et Caprice

It is five years since the Canadian violinist, Chantal Juillet, with this same conductor and orchestra, recorded the two Szymanowski...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 9/1998

Villa-Lobos Orchestral Works

It is a cliche to liken Villa-Lobos's denselytextured, exotically coloured scores to the lush masses of giant foliage and exuberant...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 3/1992

Simon Estes sings Verdi Arias

I cannot summon much enthusiasm for this disc. Estes, as we know from his work in Wagner possesses a strong,...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 12/1988

Bach/Beethoven/Mozart Works for Violin and Piano

Critics and commentators alike have declared that the innocent ear would take the playing of this latest 14-year-old violinist for...

Reviewed by hfinch in issue: 4/1995

Liszt & Tchaikovsky Symphonic poems

This is really a record for admirers of Liszt. Ce qu'on entend sur la montagne is virtually never given in...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 11/1987

Bach Double Concerto; Schnittke Concerto Grosso No 1

Transcription, in various guises, is central to the works on this disc – flute and oboe being substituted for two...

Reviewed by Richard_Whitehouse in issue: 11/2011

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