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Palestrina 1st Book of Madrigals

This is a delightful collection of Italian madrigals, some contrapuntal but the majority syllabic and homophonic. Concerto Italiano have one...

Reviewed by mberry in issue: 5/2008

Gina Bachauer - First HMV Recordings 1949-51

Here is a noble tribute to a noble pianist. Gina Bachauer (1913-76) was an artist whose exultant virtuosity and unswerving...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 8/2005

Vlaamse Píanomuzíek

Hands up those familiar with the music of Jef Vermeiren, Lodewijk Mortelmans, Clement D’Hooghe and Karel Albert! This recital of...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 8/2003

Schmitt Orchestral Works

Eric Blom was unfortunately not far off the mark when, 40 years ago, he wrote of Florent Schmitt in Grove...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 3/1995

Macfarren Symphonies Nos 4 & 7

How odd that a German conductor and record company and an Australian orchestra should be unearthing a British composer of...

Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 2/1999

Queen Elisabeth Competition

The first thing to say about this historically interesting set is that it cannot be judged according to criteria normally...

Reviewed in issue 8/2001

Enrico Caruso - Voice of the Century

Of the two discs here, the second is in sound only and comprises 14 tracks, not necessarily offered (or acceptable)...

Reviewed by kYlzrO1BaC7A in issue: 7/2004

Anthems from King's

They’re all here‚ these Sunday­best anthems of the Stanford­to­Howells era – the years of plenty we may think of them...

Reviewed in issue 8/2002

Strauss, R Deutsche Motette; Zwei Gesänge

“Formal orgies” was Strauss’s phrase – only it’s better in German, Gestaltungsorgien. In the whole choral repertoire, it’s hard to...

Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 3/2010

Haydn: Concertos

Haydn's concertos are mostly early, but the well-known Trumpet Concerto is an exception and so is the D major Keyboard...

Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 11/1990

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