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Caldara Madrigals and Cantatas

Vivaldi's Venetian contemporary, Antonio Caldara, divided his working life between Italy and Austria where for the last 20 years of...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 2/1993

Zelenka: Missa Dei Patris

Zelenka, a Czech, was born in Prague but spent most of his active musical life in Dresden. There he played...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 4/1991

Mahler Symphony No 4

Daniele Gatti made waves with an outstanding, heart-on-sleeve account of Mahler’s Fifth Symphony (Conifer Classics, 5/98), and, even if this...

Reviewed in issue 10/1999

Bach (6) Cello Suites

Angela East’s Bach Cello Suites have been a long time in the pipeline. They were actually recorded in 2001 and...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 3/2010

Beethoven/Bruch Violin Concertos

The German violinist Georg Kulenkampff enjoyed a very high reputation throughout Europe during the inter-war period, but his career came...

Reviewed in issue 11/1993

The Guitar in Spain: "Guitarra"

The frontiers of the guitar are now far wider than those of Iberia, as they have been since the earliest...

Reviewed by John Duarte in issue: 5/1985

Strauss, R Friedenstag

Although it’s never likely to become frequently performed (a one­acter – but what could one pair it with? – it...

Reviewed by kYlzrO1BaC7A in issue: 12/2001

Liszt (The) Essential Organ Works

I cannot recall such a comprehensive collection as this, with its tempting additional selection of transcriptions by Saint-Saëns, Reger, Kynaston,...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 7/2011

Canciones españolas - Carreras

When this record first emerged exactly 12 years ago as part of Brendel's projected album covering Schubert's last six years,...

Reviewed by Joan Chissell in issue: 4/1985

Bernstein Symphonies No. 1, 'Jeremiah'; No. 2 'The Ageof Anxiety'

Good on Chandos for tapping so quickly into the huge potential of Leonard Slatkin’s budding relationship with the BBC Symphony...

Reviewed in issue 11/2001

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