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Glazunov; Khachaturian; Prokofiev Violin Concertos

I first heard Julia Fischer in 1995 as a 12-year-old in the Yehudi Menuhin Violin Competition. Not only did she...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 1/2005

Heneghan Walking the Wild Rhondda; Lawson Celtic Fanfares

These performances were constructed, using samples and sequencers, from huge numbers of computer-stored digital recordings of every orchestral instrument’s complete...

Reviewed by bwitherden in issue: 10/2003

Handel Orchestral Works

Readers acquainted with the Haydn symphonies recorded by this chamber orchestra will already know of its excellence. This new Handel...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 11/1992

Fayrfax Sacred Choral Music

The third disc in The Cardinall’s Musick’s recording of the complete Fayrfax for ASV Gaudeamus is in many ways their...

Reviewed by Tess Knighton in issue: 7/1997

Jenkins Consort Music

Jenkins is probably the finest English composer for instruments of the mid-seventeenth century, so this recording, which mixes stunning divisions...

Reviewed in issue 10/1999

Celestial Witchcraft - The Private Music of Henry & Charles, Princes of Wales

The title of this recording comes, appropriately, from Thomas Campion’s Elegie upon the untimely death of Prince Henry: ‘his carriage...

Reviewed in issue 6/1999

Romantic Oboe Concertos

Long thought of as a barren period for the solo oboe, the nineteenth century has yielded up a good many...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 5/1990

Leclair Violin Sonatas

The finest French violinist of the 18th century, Jean-Marie Leclair brought to the elegance and refinement of his country’s music...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 8/2006

Mahler Das klagende Lied

No matter how many times one hears this piece, one can still marvel at the confidence and accomplishment of Mahler's...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 2/1992

Rachmaninov Complete Piano Concertos

To have included the Paganini Rhapsody would have taken the Decca CDs up to around 78 and 80 minutes. It...

Reviewed in issue 4/1989

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