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Philips, P Motets & Madrigals

The English expatriate Peter Philips hasn’t been the subject of many anthologies, though I remember a recording of his sacred...

Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 4/2009

J.C.F.Haeffner Electra

Perhaps most famous as founder of the great musical traditions of Uppsala University, Johann Christian Friedrich Haeffner was a German...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 7/1994

Falla Piano Works

Considering how good a player Falla was—he won a piano competition the day after winning the prize for his opera...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 9/1987

Berlioz Messe solennelle

The reappearance of Berlioz's lost Mass of 1824 is the most exciting musical discovery of modern times. To an incredulous...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 4/1994

Mozart Symphony No 40; Concerto for 2 Pianos

The IITTI Music Festival is one of those Finnish summer events that sounds so idyllic on a faraway winter’s night....

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 1/2011

Ireland Piano Trio No 2

Not everything on this disc is new. Many readers will already know Julian Lloyd Webber’s deeply felt version of Ireland’s...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 1/2005

Rossini La pietra del paragone

The real hero of this new, live recording of Rossini's still too little known early comic masterpiece is Claudio Desderi....

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 5/1993

Moszkowski's World, Volume 4

This is the fourth volume of Isabel Beyer’s and Harvey Dagul’s survey of the piano duets of Moszkowski and his...

Reviewed by Tim Parry in issue: 6/1999

Vivaldi: Music for lute and mandoline

There is enough of Vivaldi's music for the lute, though not of that for the mandolin, to occupy a whole...

Reviewed by John Duarte in issue: 3/1986

Forqueray Harpsichord Works

One look at the densely-packed 1747 edition of Forqueray's Pieces de violes is enough to convince anyone of the probable...

Reviewed in issue 11/1992

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