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R. Strauss Orchestral Works

It was brave of the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra to launch their Strauss disc with one of his less obviously appealing...

Reviewed in issue 3/1993

Bach Works for Viola da gamba

Bach for the gamba comes in the form of three sonatas with obbligato harpsichord, a Brandenburg Concerto and a small...

Reviewed by Jonathan Freeman-Attwood in issue: 2/2000

Bliss Orchestral Works

A useful, chronologically diverse Bliss compendium. The earliest work here, the Introduction and Allegro, dates from 1926 and bears a...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 9/1994

Whettam Sinfonia Intrepida

Whettam’s uncompromising approach to symphonic form has previously gone unrepresented on disc. This 1980 broadcast of his ‘largest and most...

Reviewed in issue 7/2001

Leclair Trio Sonatas

It is, in fact, only a little under two years since I reviewed this LP of violin sonatas by Leclair....

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 1/1987

Glière Symphony No 3

Recognisably breathing the same air as Stravinsky’s Firebird, Scriabin’s Poem of Ecstasy and Suk’s Asrael Symphony, Glière’s Il’ya Mouromets makes...

Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 2/2003

Satie Piano Works

Jochen Kowalski's extraordinary voice will be familiar to many readers: he is described on this disc as an alto, but...

Reviewed by Stanley Sadie in issue: 8/1994

The Coming of Augustine - Gregorian Chant

Gregory the Great took a special interest in the English, having seen, when Abbot of a monastery in Rome, some...

Reviewed in issue 7/1998

Haydn Six Keyboard Works

More fruit from the Haydn anniversary harvest, with two intriguing programmes from players perhaps primarily known as harpsichordists. Each illustrates...

Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 9/2009

Chopin Piano Works

Following his celebrated earlier discs of Beethoven, Mozart and Bach, 34-year-old Piotr Anderszewski turns to his greatest compatriot to give...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 12/2003

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