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Handel Keyboard Suites

As this is the first complete recording of these suites on CD, a little background information may not be out...

Reviewed by John Duarte in issue: 2/1990

Mendelssohn String Quartets

The Op. 44 Quartets date from Mendelssohn's all-too-brief maturity, and must surely count among the most attractive in the repertory....

Reviewed in issue 5/1994

Wagner Overtures & Preludes

After his impressive record of mature orchestral Wagner, D'Avalos turns to early melodrama. Wagner wrote Die Feen when he was...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 10/1990

Berwald Orchestral Works

Berwald's is one of those names that lie on the fringes of our musical universe rather than in the centre:...

Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 6/1994

Tchaikovsky Piano Works

Ayako Uehara is not only the first woman to win the Tchaikovsky International Piano Competition but also the first Japanese...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 7/2004

Schubert Choral Songs

Most of the part-songs here evoke some aspect of night, whether benevolent, romantic, transfigured or sinister; and between them they...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 5/1999

Nono No hay caminos, hay que caminar; Varianti; Variazioni canoniche

Nono ‘for beginners’ might seem an unlikely prospect given the uncompromising nature of his music‚ but this new disc fits...

Reviewed in issue 9/2002

Dvorak Czech Suite; Suk Pohadka Suite

Though the performers and the works are all Czech, the technicians behind this Exton issue are all Japanese, with the...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 8/2009

Kabalevsky Symphonies 1 & 2

Dmitri Kabalevsky’s two-movement First Symphony (1932) combines local colour and sustained development to enjoyable effect. Even finer is its successor...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 10/1998

Lord Boom of the Tingling Strings

Let’s clear snobbery and misapprehension out of the way first. Lord was a leading light of the group Deep Purple,...

Reviewed by Mike Ashman in issue: 7/2008

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