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Kagel Piano Trio; Black Madrigal.

Mauricio Kagel is never a composer to be taken at face value, and this new disc confirms that an artistic...

Reviewed by kYlzrO1BaC7A in issue: 3/2003

Addinsell; Gershwin; Mathieu Piano Concertos

André Mathieu, born in Quebec in 1929, was an infant prodigy who never fulfilled his promise. He composed his Concerto...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 2/2004

Handel Israel in Egypt; Two Coronation Anthems

This version of Israel in Egypt dates back to 1990: it is a live recording, made at the Gottingen Festival...

Reviewed by Stanley Sadie in issue: 11/1995

Purcell Airs and Instrumental Music

This disc practically busts a gut to be different. Only 53 seconds in, what has been a sprightly rendition of...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 9/1992

D Scarlatti Complete Sonatas, Vol 1

Almost all I knew about this Georgian pianist, now teaching in the USA, was that she had been the winner...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 9/1999

Rossini (L') Italiana in Algeri

Stylishly sung and dashingly conducted, this theatrically gamesome L’italiana in Algeri could be the version of choice for a while...

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 9/2010

Dmitri Hvorostovsky sings Tchaikovsky & Verdi Arias

This recital suggests that Hvorostovsky is at his most characteristic as the burdened baritone, usually lovelorn; and it is particularly...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 7/1990

Isouard Cinderella

Weber's opinion was that practically every piece in this opera was 'routine', but that did not stop it winning widespread...

Reviewed by Richard Fairman in issue: 12/1999

Cima Concerti ecclesiastici

Cesar Franck is usually seen as a classic case of a late developing composer, something he shares perhaps with Bruckner,...

Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 9/1992

Beethoven Violin Concerto

Mutter's fine DG recording of the Brahms Concerto with Karajan appeared on CD very soon after the original launch (400...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 5/1985

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