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Tchaikovsky Orchestral Works

One of the recurring pleasures of the introduction of the Compact Disc is the unexpected appearance of rare repertoire—here for...

Reviewed in issue 7/1984

Ferguson & Finzi: Chamber Works

Here is an enterprising record (like most Hyperion issues) of music we ought to know better. Ferguson, 78 this year,...

Reviewed in issue 8/1986

Offenbach (La) Vie parisienne

Both these productions by Laurent Pelly of classic Offenbach opéras-bouffes are somewhat radical in their staging. Neither of them presents...

Reviewed by po'connor in issue: 6/2009

Vivaldi Concertos

Not even in 1978—the tercentenary year did the recording industry come close to putting all of Vivaldi's concertos into the...

Reviewed by John Duarte in issue: 2/1988

Canciones and Ensaladas Spanish Renaissance Songs and Dances

Hard on the heels of the New London Consort’s disc dedicated to the ensaladas of Mateo Flecha (L’Oiseau-Lyre, 3/98) comes...

Reviewed by Tess Knighton in issue: 4/1998

Bach Lute Works, Vol. 1

Whether or not Bach intended these works to be played on the lute is a question that need not detain...

Reviewed by John Duarte in issue: 3/1991

Willard White - (The) Paul Robeson Legacy

Though it evokes the mighty dead, let it stand now. The songs run the range from passionate intensity (Go down,...

Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 6/2004

Beethoven String Quartets

As anyone who has heard them in the flesh will testify, the Borodin Quartet produces a particularly sumptuous sonority, refined...

Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 4/1990

Franck Organ Music

This is as faithful a piece of authenticity as you can get. The 1889 Cavaille-Coll organ, which spoke characteristically enough...

Reviewed in issue 10/1985

Tippett Vision of St Augustine/Triple Concerto

Turn up Gramophone for April 1972 and you’ll find a striking cover montage announcing the first recording of...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 2/1997

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