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Mozart String Quartets

Here are two great quartets from the set of six that Mozart composed in 1782-85 and dedicated to Haydn. The...

Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 11/1992

Herrmann The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad

Bernard Herrmann’s superbly colourful and imaginative score for Ray Harryhausen’s The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad – the first of this...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 12/1998

Mompou Piano Works

“Une grande innocence”, says Arkel of Melisande. The same quality could be said to invest the music of Federico Mompou....

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 9/1997

Falla Corregidor y la molinera

It had long been known that The three-cornered hat, which established Falla's reputation when it was produced by Diaghilev's Ballets...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 3/1985

Mozart String Quintets

Denes Koromzay, joining here one of the most gifted of the younger Hungarian quartets, is the sometime violist of the...

Reviewed by Stephen Plaistow in issue: 10/1985

Marx Orchestral Works, Vol 3

Conductor Steven Sloane has been taking up the cause of Joseph Marx, perhaps better known for his songs than for...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 2/2005

Messiaen Organ Works

From Le banquet celeste of 1926 to the Livre du Saint Sacrement of 1984, Messiaen's organ works represent an extraordinary...

Reviewed in issue 12/1994

BALBASTRE Pièces de Clavecin

The music of Claude-Bénigne Balbastre (1727‑99) “embodies the last flowering of the French harpsichord’s repertoire”, according to Sophie Yates, whose...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 5/2011

Misa Tango

I am not sure how I feel about a Mass based on Latin American rhythms, and with obbligato decorations from...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 2/2001

Bach (Die) Kunst der Fuge

For his recording of The Art of Fugue, Fabio Bonizzoni uses Bach’s early manuscript edition (Bach P200) to determine the...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 5/2011

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