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Kabalevsky Orchestral Works, Vol.3

Kabalevsky seems destined to be remembered for his user-friendly piano music and listener-friendly concertos. But he did also compose four...

Reviewed in issue 10/1992

Heinichen Concertos and Sonatas

Like Handel, Johann David Heinichen (1683-1729) was born in Saxony and his musical education blossomed in Italy. He’s no stranger...

Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 2/2006

Medtner Piano Concerto No 1; Piano Quintet

Medtner would have been both grateful and astonished by his present and ever-increasing recognition. Once dismissed as an unsatisfactory betwixt-and-between...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 3/1995

June Anderson sings Bellini Arias

Bellini suits June Anderson surprisingly well: 'surprisingly' because her voice is bright and her manner somewhat impersonal and unyielding very...

Reviewed in issue 12/1988

Colasse Les Cantiques

Pascal Collasse is chiefly remembered nowadays, if at all, as Lully's amanuensis. All the more odd, then, that within the...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 9/1994

R. Strauss Die schweigsame Frau

This, another of EMI's transfers to CD of their recordings of the rarer Strauss operas, is the only virtually complete...

Reviewed in issue 1/1989

Delden Complete String Quartets

Before the “industrial” minimalism of Louis Andriessen and the serial-tonality of Peter Schat, the previous generation of Dutch composers had...

Reviewed by kYlzrO1BaC7A in issue: 4/2007

Bach Cantatas, Vol.38

Here, at last after a considerable gap in time, is Vol. 38 of the Harnoncourt/Leonhardt Bach cantata marathon. There are...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 4/1987

Mahler Symphony No 3

Given the ubiquity of recorded Mahler, I can’t see these live relays making much impact. Which is not to say...

Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 6/2005

Emil Gilels - BBC Recordings

The Scarlatti sonatas come from the first studio recording Gilels made for the BBC, in 1957. That was also the...

Reviewed by Stephen Plaistow in issue: 8/1999

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