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English recorder music

Perhaps the first thing to say about the music on this record is that none of it should be taken...

Reviewed by Iain Fenlon in issue: 4/1987

Tubin Symphonies 3 & 8

All of Eduard Tubin's ten symphony symphonies are now on record. The Seventh is available on LP played by the...

Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 9/1988

Schumann & Liszt Piano Works

Of Schumann's larger works for solo piano, the Davidsbundlertanze suite was the most notable omission from the CD catalogue. So...

Reviewed by Joan Chissell in issue: 9/1988

Donizetti La Romanzesca e l'uomo nero

Of Donizetti’s 70-or-so operas just over 30 are currently available on disc. This is a remarkable situation, considering that until...

Reviewed in issue 11/2000

Debussy: Piano Works

Both the Six epigraphes antiques and the 12 Etudes date from the period 1914-5 and the latter set proved to...

Reviewed by James Methuen-Campbell in issue: 2/1990

Music for Brass, Piano and Percussion

Dalibor Vackar's Concerto is a lively, jazzy piece, making surprisingly effective use of its unusual instrumental combination: it does rather...

Reviewed by Stephen Johnson in issue: 7/1989

Mozart Don Giovanni

There was always a sense of tightened standards in the house when Solti conducted, and a Zeffirelli production usually meant...

Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 9/2007

Schumann Symphonies 1 & 3

The main interest of this Suitner CD is that it offers us (for the first time on record, and probably...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 8/1987

Josquin Desprez: Sacred Choral Works

Listening to the Munich Capella Antiqua's version of Josquin's Missa La sol fa re mi, originally recorded in 1977 and...

Reviewed by Tess Knighton in issue: 10/1990

McGuire Works for Flute, Guitar and Piano

This disc of music by Glasgow-born-and-based composer Eddie McGuire brings together works for three of the composer’s own instruments in...

Reviewed by William Yeoman in issue: 13/2006

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