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Messiaen Trois Mélodies; Harawi

The central panel of Messiaen’s “Tristan” trilogy is also the most direct translation of its source, which is saying something...

Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 5/2010

Bach Cello Suites (arr Hazelzet)

As Wilbert Hazelzet points out in his booklet note, Bach's chamber works for flute do not survive in convenient sets...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 4/2000

Bruckner Symphony No. 3

‘To revise or not to revise?’ is one of the oldest of all problems: the freshness of first thoughts pitched...

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 1/1997

Virgin & Christ-Child - Music for Advent & Christmas

This disc from Henry’s Eight is placed under the sign of Christmas. The most substantial work is the Mass by...

Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 10/1999

Conversations with Bill Evans

This extraordinary recital, in which Thibaudet brings his technical mastery and fine musicianship to music which has only lately been...

Reviewed by kshadwick in issue: 6/1997

Chopin Piano Concertos

Winner of the 2005 Chopin Competition and with two highly acclaimed discs behind him already, Rafað Blechacz is a rising...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 12/2009

Maxwell Davies Sinfonia; Sinfonia Concertante

This welcome reissue is of two of Sir Peter Maxwell Davies’s most rewarding orchestral compositions, which complement each other very...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 13/2003

Shostakovich Choral Works

There have been fine recordings of Shostakovich's penultimate and antepenultimate opuses sung by Evgeni Nesterenko—indeed the Michelangelo Suite won a...

Reviewed in issue 7/1993

Rubinstein Kamennïy-ostrow, Vol 1

In 1853-54 he produced this set of musical portraits, character sketches of members of her court. Even if we could...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 5/2000

Brahms Violin Sonatas Nos 1-3

This is uncommonly fine sounding Brahms. The recording‚ made in Toronto‚ is full and warm‚ with excellent balance between...

Reviewed in issue 10/2002

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