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Beethoven Chamber Works

Beethoven composed the Octet, Op. 103 and Rondino, WoO25 sometime around 1792 and, although it was published separately, there is...

Reviewed in issue 8/1994

Françaix Chamber Works

Now 82, Jean Francaix has earned respect and affection during his long career, even if he has hardly fulfilled the...

Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 4/1995

Galli-Curci in Opera and Song

These two issues complement each other very happily, the Romophone going up to 1920, the Conifer concentrating on later recordings,...

Reviewed in issue 3/1994

Songs on the Poems of Baudelaire

Building a programme of melodies to texts by Baudelaire is as difficult as compiling a recital of Shakespeare sonnets in...

Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 4/1988

R. Strauss: Orchestral Works

Gerard Schwarz and the Seattle Symphony made a splendid recording ((CD) DE3082, 4/90) of Strauss's Symphonia domestica and the suite...

Reviewed in issue 9/1990

Bach Solo Violin Partitas & Sonatas

It was Bach's skill at ''wrestling such polyphony from the violin'' which most impressed Albert Schweitzer, and also, it seems,...

Reviewed by hfinch in issue: 5/1986

Ordonez Symphonies

Karl von Ordonez (also known as Carlo d’Ordonez) may sound like an unlikely Viennese but he was in the thick...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 5/2006

Liszt Choral Symphony Transcription

Liszt made his transcriptions of Beethoven's symphonies so that music-lovers could familiarize themselves with these masterworks at a time when...

Reviewed by James Methuen-Campbell in issue: 8/1988

Wallen (The) Girl in my Alphabet

Errollyn Wallen (b1958) is unsettlingly versatile. Her works range from jazz songs (a highly successful sideline which she has toured...

Reviewed in issue 7/2002

The English Anthem, Vol. 3

This third volume is a fine one for mentally turning the pages even before hearing a sound. The 'look' of...

Reviewed in issue 8/1993

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