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Bizet Orchestral Suites

There is nothing very special about this coupling, except the generosity of its contents. It represented Marriner's debut as conductor...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 12/1984

Tchaikovsky Orchestral Works

Masur rounds off his Tchaikovsky cycle for Teldec with a characteristically crisp and welldisciplined account of the Polish, very well-recorded....

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 3/1992

Granados: Piano works

This is a magnificent companion to Alicia de Larrocha's previous Granados LPs, of the Goyescas (Decca SXL6785, 12/77 CD 411...

Reviewed in issue 3/1985

Rihm Works for Violin and Piano

Judging by Rihm’s standards, one might almost regard this as a collection of miniatures. At just under 20 minutes, Phantom...

Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 7/2003

German Lieder sung in English

Before during and indeed for a short time after the war it was quite common to hear Lieder sung in...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 1/1990

Indy/Martinu Orchestral Works

Really rather an odd coupling, though a rewarding one: the Martinu Rhapsody-Concerto is placed first, the d'Indy Symphonie occupying the...

Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 6/1987

Boccherini Cello Sonatas

There is a touch of the impetuous about Richard Lester’s playing of these sonatas which seems to me to capture...

Reviewed by Stanley Sadie in issue: 1/1996

Britten Opera excerpts and Folksongs

Richard Abram of EMI is to be congratulated on assembling this fascinating and historically essential document. Andrew Walter and Paul...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 2/1994

Tchaikovsky Piano Trio

This issue falls into a special category and comes as a fortieth-birthday tribute to Jacqueline du Pre. In a note...

Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 7/1985

Paganini Caprices, Op 1

I can say without reservation that I admired these performances as much as any I have ever heard of these...

Reviewed by James Methuen-Campbell in issue: 3/1990

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