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Stravinsky Apollon musagète; Pulcinella suite

These two classic ballet scores, composed eight years apart, could hardly be more different. The Pulcinella Suite (1920) comes from...

Reviewed by Peter Dickinson in issue: 1/2010

Bach (Die) Kunst der Fuge

Represented by versions respectively for orchestra, chamber orchestra, saxophone quartet, two pianos, solo piano, harpsichord, two harpsichords, organ and string...

Reviewed in issue 7/1998

Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 2; Solo Piano Works

Ever since her début recording of the Rachmaninov Second Sonata at the age of 15 (Denon‚ 12/86 – nla)‚ interest...

Reviewed in issue 13/2001

Ockeghem Missa De Plus En Plus

The highly acclaimed Ockeghem series from The Clerks’ Group continues with this premiere recording of another of the composer’s four-voice...

Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 1/1997

Notari: Musiche Nuove, 1613

In so much as it is known at all, Angelo Notari's Prime musiche nuove is known as an Interesting Historical...

Reviewed by Iain Fenlon in issue: 12/1985

Mahler Das Lied von der Erde

Bernstein is, I believe, the only conductor who has recorded Das Lied von der Erde with contralto and also with...

Reviewed in issue 5/1989

English Church Music, Vol. 1

A fine inaugural record in a series that promises well. The Queen's College Choir comprises an excellent body of singers,...

Reviewed in issue 5/1993

Spohr The Last Judgement

Louis Spohr, best remembered for his chamber music and a few orchestral works, and perhaps for the finest of his...

Reviewed by Stanley Sadie in issue: 9/1987

Rossini Overtures

There is a famous caricature of Rossini that appeared on the cover of the French satirical magazine Le Hanneton in...

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 1/1996

Xenakis Orchestral Works, Vol 5

It’s been quite a trip so far, and Arturo Tamayo’s cycle of Xenakis’s orchestral music touches base finally with the...

Reviewed by Philip_Clark in issue: 12/2008

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