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Delius Miniatures

This excellent record was welcomed by me in June 1984 when the original 1977 analogue recording appeared, remastered on to...

Reviewed in issue 9/1985

Beethoven Piano Sonatas Nos 1-3

The second instalment of Gerhard Oppitz’s projected Beethoven cycle contains some of the best playing I’ve heard from him on...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 8/2006

Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue; Piano Concerto

There are some musical performances where the work and the performers seem made for each other. This is certainly the...

Reviewed in issue 3/1986

Britten Chamber Works

Britten’s compositions involving solo oboe play for about 45 minutes and‚ of five CDs issued during the last five years...

Reviewed in issue 11/2001

Schumann Piano Works, Vol. 4

Clara Schumann, it may be remembered, used only to risk a selection of ten or so of the 18 Davidsbundlertanze...

Reviewed by Joan Chissell in issue: 4/1990

Pachelbel Organ Works

From the entry in the Gramophone Compact Disc Catalogue you could get the impression that Pachelbel was a one-work composer....

Reviewed by Marc Rochester in issue: 4/1990

Massenzio Compline

Not even the choir of St John's College, Cambridge can conceal their Englishness to the extent that the listener to...

Reviewed in issue 4/1988

Martinu String Trio; Piano Quartet; String Quintet

Given such a large catalogue of works created in a life that saw him relocate between countries on many occasions...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 10/2009

Bolcom Orchestral Works

William Bolcom is one of the most colourful figures in American music. Although known as a composer, with recordings of...

Reviewed by Peter Dickinson in issue: 5/1992

Sackbutt - Trombone in the 17th & 18tth Century

Jörgen van Rijen is the principal trombonist of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, but has long been fascinated by early instruments....

Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 10/2008

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