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Howells Music for Violin and Piano

On the face of it the difference between 'early' and 'mature' Herbert Howells is easily explicable, since the date that...

Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 3/1994

Telemann Essercizii musici excerpts

Telemann's Essercizii Musici was published in Hamburg late in 1739 or in the following year. Its collection of alternating ''Solos''...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 8/1993

R. Strauss Music for Wind

Given the very positive projection of London Winds' Hyperion set, these classic performances of a previous generation should find a...

Reviewed in issue 7/1994

Orchestral Works

A very enjoyable coupling. Monteux demonstrates that urgency, ardour, even impetuousness, are not at all foreign to Franck's nature, and...

Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 3/1989

Xenakis: Miscellaneous Works

If the harpsichord seems an instrument unlikely to interest Iannis Xenakis, a composer known more for powerful forces and loud...

Reviewed in issue 10/1990

Wagner Edition Das Rheingold

This is part of a Richard Wagner Edition from Philips that also includes the complete (mature) oeuvre in video versions,...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 10/1992

Corelli Concerti Grossi, Op.6

Corelli's only set of concertos, published in 1714 as his Op. 6, is well represented in the catalogue at present....

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 9/1990

Chopin: Piano Works

Though one might not readily associate Barenboim with Chopin, this is for me a deeply impressive LP. Each piece is...

Reviewed by James Methuen-Campbell in issue: 12/1987

Bach Schübler Chorales; Toccatas and Fugues

Familiar Bach territory, but presented here in an interesting running order. The Schubler chorales are divided into three pairs and...

Reviewed by Christopher Nickol in issue: 3/2001

Henze (Das) Ende einer Welt; (Ein) Landarzt

Soon after the DVD recording of L’Upupa, which Henze has said will be his last stage work (3/05), comes this...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 13/2005

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