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Howells Songs

The current Classical Catalogue lists recordings of seven songs by Howells, and will shortly have to find room for 42...

Reviewed in issue 8/1994

Elgar Orchestral Works

Sir Charles Mackerras does not come first to mind, perhaps, when one is thinking about conductors of Elgar's music, but...

Reviewed in issue 8/1991

Sibelius: Early Chamber Works

In his youth Sibelius was a keen chamber music player and formed a family piano trio with his brother Christian...

Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 7/1990

Beethoven Symphonies 1 & 4

It would be easy to take for granted the wonderful articulacy and tonal thrust of the Vienna Philharmonic in these...

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 5/1989

Martinu Piano Concertos, Vol 2

Koukl’s splendid coupling of the Third and Fifth Concertos (3/10) has rightly drawn warm praise and this next instalment in...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 1/2011

Mozart Orchestral Works

Like most of the opera sets in the Naxos Historical series, this Toscanini issue comes from a broadcast source, a...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 9/1998

Spanish Guitar Works

Few guitarists have made more records and given more recitals around the world than Ernesto Bitetti, Argentine by birth but...

Reviewed by John Duarte in issue: 3/1991

Tippett A Child of Our Time etc

While the sound of Sir John Pritchard's 30-year-old account of Tippett's early oratorio has not been miraculously transformed by transfer...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 12/1989

Mozart Rondo. Violin Sonatas

The 12-year-old Maria-Elisabeth Lott is clearly a remarkable talent. She was chosen from 30 applicants for the honour of playing...

Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 3/2000

English Chamber Music

We have come to expect recorded perfection from Chandos and if they occasionally miss that target they are often still...

Reviewed in issue 7/1987

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