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Violonchelo Español

The alternative Spanish spelling of ‘violonchelo’ signals an attractive sequence of musical lollipops with a strong Spanish flavour. This is...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 8/2006

Bach Violin & Keyboard Sonatas, Volume 3

Ruth Waterman and Morey Ritt have not exactly rushed to complete their recording of the Bach violin sonatas on modern...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 3/2001

Luz Y Norte

Ruiz de Ribayaz was a seventeenth-century Spanish priest whose only surviving work is the Luz y norte (“A Lantern and...

Reviewed in issue 1/1996

Nielsen Symphony No 4; Sibelius Symphony No 3

Each of these performances makes a heavier entrance than in any modern recording. But not many bars have gone by...

Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 12/2007

Bruckner/Mahler Symphonies

A boon for the Barbirolli fanatic, this dangerously early account of Mahler’s Seventh is worlds away from the typical modern...

Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 7/2000

Sheppard English & Latin Church Music

This enjoyable recording opens with two works in English which were probably written within days of John Sheppard’s early death,...

Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 9/1996

Handel Suites for Harpsichord

These are Handel's so-called great suites. And great they are, with characteristically individual and diverse structures, getting away from the...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 12/1995

Bach Choral Works

Vol 35 of Masaaki Suzuki’s consistently distinguished Bach cycle takes us to May 1725 and four cantatas with commissioned texts...

Reviewed by Jonathan Freeman-Attwood in issue: 9/2007

Mozart Piano Sonatas Vol 1

Andreas Haefliger aims for more than polite elegance. He tries to engage with the music; and his finger and pedalling...

Reviewed by Nalen Anthoni in issue: 11/2003

Klemperer conducts Gluck/Beethoven/Berlioz

Beecham's Symphonie fantastique was recorded in Paris in 1958, Klemperer's in London in 1963. Each performance is by a great...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 8/1992

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