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Bartók Double Piano Concerto; Double Piano Sonata

A natural coupling this, but I can't recall it ever actually appearing before now. Generally speaking the performances are as...

Reviewed in issue 9/1987

Milhaud Pacem in Terris

Milhaud's admirers can never have imagined that last year's centenary would give us so many worthy recordings of his music,...

Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 11/1993

Janácek Unknown IV - Love Letters

The greatest interest in this record is the substitution, in the String Quartet No. 2, of a viola d’amore for...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 6/1999

Beethoven Triple Concerto; Brahms Double Concerto

There is much to be said for this purposeful yet agreeable Gothenburg recording of the Brahms Double Concerto. Soloist Sara...

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 5/2010

Leifs Works for Solo Voices and Orchestra

Until recently, Leifs’ vocal music has been overshadowed by the spectacular orchestral works. Aside from the Iceland Cantata (5/96) and...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 1/2001

Dimitrova sings Puccini Arias

The very list of 14 arias from eight different operas promises a Puccinian tour de force from this exciting Bulgarian...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 5/1986

Vaughan Williams Choral & Orchestral Works

Boult recorded the Sixth Symphony with the LSO in February 1949, only months after he had conducted the first performance....

Reviewed in issue 1/1991

Brahms Handel Variations; Schoenberg Suite for Piano

The chief interest here is in what might at first sight seem an eccentric juxtaposition. But if Brahms and Schoenberg...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 13/2010

Britten The Company of Heaven; Todd The Burning Road

Commissioned and premiered in 1996 by the Northampton Bach Choir under David Temple to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 2/2000

Arrangements for Guitar Trio

Some instruments e.g. recorders and viols, have long been made in different sizes and at various pitches, in 'families' suited...

Reviewed by John Duarte in issue: 12/1989

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