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Review of Tessarini Sonatas for Flute and Basso Continuo

Tessarini Sonatas for Flute and Basso Continuo

Though using the exterior form of Corelli’s classic baroque sonata da camera form – alternating in tempo slow-fast, slow-fast –...

Reviewed by mquinn in issue: 2/1999

Review of Chopin Mazurkas

Chopin Mazurkas

With this four-CD set of the Nocturnes, Mazurkas and Scherzos Naxos completes its bargain reissue of Rubinstein’s 1932-39 HMV Chopin...

Reviewed in issue 6/2001

Review of Schumann Piano Works

Schumann Piano Works

When a world-famous artist comes to record a very familiar piano work I think it right that a reviewer such...

Reviewed by James Methuen-Campbell in issue: 8/1988

Review of Bach Cantatas, Vol 7

Bach Cantatas, Vol 7

The two ongoing major series of Bach cantatas remind us that there is still much room for new, personal approaches...

Reviewed by Jonathan Freeman-Attwood in issue: 5/2009

Review of Kerll Missa 'Non sine quare'

Kerll Missa 'Non sine quare'

Johann Caspar Kerll is one of many composers active at the Viennese court to have been influenced by the Italian...

Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 9/2000

Review of Milhaud Piano Music

Milhaud Piano Music

This recording, featuring Madeleine Milhaud, is of historical importance. The composer’s widow was, of course, younger than he and, as...

Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 5/1996

Review of Helweg Works for Two Pianos

Helweg Works for Two Pianos

The two-piano repertoire is not extensive, so three big new works will be welcome to performers and devotees of the...

Reviewed in issue 12/1996

Review of Masters of the Baroque Guitar

Masters of the Baroque Guitar

The 'baroque' guitar was a curious instrument, smaller than today's instrument and having a less pronounced waist, with five pairs...

Reviewed by John Duarte in issue: 10/1990

Review of Penderecki Violin Concerto

Penderecki Violin Concerto

Penderecki's Violin Concerto was first performed by its dedicatee Isaac Stern in 1977, and Stern subsequently recorded it with the...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 3/1988

Review of Vierne Organ Symphonies

Vierne Organ Symphonies

Vierne's organ symphonies, the Third in particular, have fared singularly well on CD. If you already have Jeremy Filsell, David...

Reviewed by Marc Rochester in issue: 5/1994


 

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