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Mozart Piano concertos 18 & 19, arr fortepiano

Malcolm Bilson's Mozart series with the English Baroque Soloists reaches, with this fourth disc, the concertos of the later part...

Reviewed by Stanley Sadie in issue: 6/1986

Jonathan Harvey 2

This is the second recording of what must rank as one of Jonathan Harvey’s most important and approachable works. No...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 7/1996

Scriabin Piano Sonatas, Volume 1

The first volume of Bernd Glemser’s cycle of Scriabin piano sonatas follows hard on the heels of Marc-Andre Hamelin’s dazzlingly...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 8/1996

Tippett Orchestral Works

Given that the first movement of Tippett's Piano Concerto grows directly out of the lyrically ecstatic music of his first...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 1/2000

Offenbach Overtures

Neville Marriner and the Philharmonia show us a mutually enjoyable engagement with these Offenbach offerings, deliciously and digitally recorded by...

Reviewed in issue 5/1985

Handel Messiah

How authentic is authentic? Trevor Pinnock and The English Concert here add to the already long list of Messiah recordings...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 11/1988

Pachelbel Hexachordum Apollinis

Hexachordum Apollinis is considered Pachelbel's finest composition in variation form. It consists of six Arias each comprising a theme and...

Reviewed by Marc Rochester in issue: 5/1991

Vieuxtemps Violin Concertos Nos. 2 & 3

By good fortune Naxos have chosen a splendid player to introduce us to Nos. 2 and 3. The Russian artist,...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 12/1997

Harris, W H Anthems

The previous CD devoted to Sir William Harris is worth calling to attention now because it presents the composer in...

Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 2/2007

Shostakovich Symphony No 9; Piano Concerto No 1

The first striking thing here is the recorded balance. Distant miking and generous ambience lend the orchestra the kind of...

Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 8/2006

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