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Pergolesi Livietta e Tracollo; (La) Serva Padrona

The sound­recording of these performances was very acceptable but of course nowadays you never know what abominations the staging will...

Reviewed in issue 13/2002

Debussy Preludes

Deux-Elles’ sleeve aptly quotes Debussy as saying that it is the composer’s privilege to set the poetry of night and...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 9/2005

Fantasies

I continue to be baffled by Astree's tardiness in releasing their recordings of Jordi Savall. This one is already six...

Reviewed in issue 11/1988

Gershwin; Ravel Piano Concertos. Stravinsky Capriccio

A Ravel and Gershwin coupling is now as ubiquitous as a Grieg and Schumann. The Stravinsky, though, is a comparative...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 1/2011

Haydn Symphonies, Vol.14

Four of the five works here are even earlier than their numbering suggests. Nos. 17-20 were probably written between 1757...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 12/1993

Schumann Piano Works, (New Horizons Vol 1)

Lazaridis‚ Greek­born but largely London­trained and still in his early twenties‚ is clearly a talented musician of refined sensibilities. This...

Reviewed in issue 7/2002

Passiontide

Recorded in January and February of this year‚ this wide­ranging collection of pieces on the theme of Passiontide is...

Reviewed in issue 6/2002

Fantasias, Pavans and Galliards

To say that you get few surprises with a Leonhardt disc is not intended as a criticism. For 40 years...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 7/1994

Henze Orchestral and Vocals

The 1950s were exceptionally eventful years for Henze‚ and these three works‚ composed between 1953 and 1958‚ strongly suggest that...

Reviewed in issue 9/2002

Franck/Liszt/Mendelssohn Piano Works

As applause and an occasional cough confirm, these are live concert performances, recorded in 1988 when Bolet was already 74....

Reviewed by Joan Chissell in issue: 4/1994

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