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The Elgar Edition, Vol. 1

In 1957 HMV issued three LPs containing Elgar's recordings as part of his birthday centenary celebrations. Then in the early...

Reviewed in issue 6/1992

Two Centuries of British Organ Music

There are many for whom the sounds on this record represent home. It is rare to find a recording of...

Reviewed in issue 4/1986

Godard Piano Concerto; Symphonie Orientale

The French composer Benjamin Godard (1849‑95) is remembered today for the Berceuse from his opera Jocelyn (Bing Crosby made a...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 11/2011

Borodin Orchestral Works

Affectionate, vibrant performances, one and all. Svetlanov's reading of the hugely engaging Third Symphony in particular is a joy: tempos...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 5/1993

Milhaud Historic Recordings 1928-1948

This invaluable set was produced by the Phonoteque Nationale to celebrate the birth centenary of a composer who strongly supported...

Reviewed in issue 9/1993

Mendelssohn Concertos

These two boyhood works of Mendelssohn, dating from his early teens, make an excellent coupling, providing generous measure too, when...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 9/1998

Brahms/Joachim Violin Works

As readers will most probably know, the two sets of Brahms's Hungarian Dances were originally scored for piano, four hands....

Reviewed by James Methuen-Campbell in issue: 3/1993

Baroque Trumpet Concertos

There seems to be an insatiable demand for collections of trumpet concertos, and sometimes when I see yet another one...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 12/1991

Art Tatum - Improvisations

The aesthetics of this intriguing disc are interesting: in what sense can the recreations of a jazz pianist’s recorded improvisations...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 3/2005

Goethe's Harper Songs and other lieder

This thoughtfully constructed programme opens with some of the best of Wolf's Goethe-Lieder, has the Michelangelo settings satisfyingly interpolated, and...

Reviewed in issue 4/1992

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