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Bolivian Baroque, Volume 2

For their second volume exploring the music of Catholic missions in Bolivia, Florilegium are joined by a quartet of expert...

Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 3/2007

Silvestrov Bagatellen und Serenaden

ECM marks Valentin Silvestrov’s 70th birthday with a disc very different from that of the powerful Sixth Symphony (7/07): one...

Reviewed by kYlzrO1BaC7A in issue: 11/2007

Bizet Carmen

After three decades of Carmen in opéra comique-style, each one offering its own brand of authenticity, here we are back...

Reviewed by Patrick O'Connor in issue: 3/2003

Reich Eight Lines; City Life

The Ensemble Modern’s traversal of some of Reich’s less frequently heard scores provides a fascinating overview of the way his...

Reviewed by Ivan Moody in issue: 6/2003

Twentieth-Century Oboe Works

It may perhaps look odd to find Saint-Saens as the first composer on a disc of twentieth-century music; but yes,...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 7/1989

Mozart Piano Concertos 8 & 9

These are attractive performances and agreeably recorded. Ashkenazy's playing as well as that of the Philharmonia under his direction is...

Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 3/1987

Korngold Piano Works

The thing that most struck me while listening to Korngold’s Marchenbilder, Op. 3 was that it is the work of...

Reviewed by Tim Parry in issue: 12/1998

Brahms Piano Concerto No 2; Tragic Overture

Gilels made two recordings of this concerto. The later version was made for DG in the early 1970s with Eugen...

Reviewed in issue 6/1986

Te Deum and Jubilate, Volume 2

The Jubilate, or Psalm 100, is a nice, compact little canticle, but the Te Deum is the counterpart among canticles...

Reviewed in issue 10/1994

Tchaikovsky Orchestral Works

Andrew Litton, still in his twenties, has made a number of recordings with London orchestras, but this is his first...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 4/1989

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