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Debussy (La) Mer; Mahler Symphony No 2

Both packages assume that you already know and love this music: their notes focus exclusively on the activities of Claudio...

Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 12/2004

Bach Goldberg Variations

A mind-boggling statement in the brief insert-note by Kenneth Weiss himself (duly translated, unquestioningly, in the French version) that, of...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 5/1997

Joel Fantasies and Delusions

Billy Joel (b1949) was at the forefront of the singer­songwriter movement that swept through the pop music world from the...

Reviewed in issue 1/2002

Chonguri

Nothing that emerges from Manfred Eicher’s ECM stable is likely to lack a considered musical context, and true to form...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 11/2006

Mozart Symphonies

After Mozart returned from his first extended tour of Italy in 1771, he embarked on a number of symphonic projects...

Reviewed in issue 12/1995

Schubert Piano Sonata, K960; (3) Lieder

As Richard Wigmore remarks in his booklet, biographical speculation is always a risky game with Schubert. Listening to Leif Ove...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 4/2005

Charpentier; Massenet; Saint-Saëns Paysages

This is an important collection…music of real quality, full of attractive invention and melody and cleverly scored, but which is...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 5/2008

Baroque Violin & Harpsichord Sonatas

Music of the Louis XV era doesn't conjure up as clear an image as that of Louis XIV's in most...

Reviewed in issue 6/1993

Telemann Cornett Cantatas

Telemann, ‘like the painter Raphael, had a first and second manner, which were extremely different from each other. In the...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 3/1999

R. Strauss Tone Poems

The CD transfer of these brilliant Decca analogue recordings of 1975 is certainly impressive, and can be warmly recommended to...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 1/1985

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