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Review of Parry & Stanford Nonet & Serenade

Parry & Stanford Nonet & Serenade

Hyperion again! For sheer enterprise, a disc comprising nonets by Parry and Stanford takes some beating. It is aimed, presumably,...

Reviewed in issue 9/1989

Review of Höller (Der) Meister und Margarita

Höller (Der) Meister und Margarita

As a 20th-century fable of disillusion, Mikhail Bulgakov’s novel The Master and Margarita has few peers. Its piercing insights into...

Reviewed by kYlzrO1BaC7A in issue: 1/2001

Review of Saint-Saëns Violin Concerto No 3; Violin Sonatas Nos1-2

Saint-Saëns Violin Concerto No 3; Violin Sonatas Nos1-2

Tonz makes a persuasive showing in the once popular concerto, its delectable barcarolle elegantly phrased. He and Triendl take an...

Reviewed by kYlzrO1BaC7A in issue: 10/1998

Review of Schumann/Grieg String Quartets

Schumann/Grieg String Quartets

Special gratitude here, I think, for the very rarely heard G minor Quartet, Grieg's only complete work in the genre...

Reviewed by Joan Chissell in issue: 3/1992

Review of R. Strauss Orchestral Works

R. Strauss Orchestral Works

Whatever the rival claims of Dresden and Berlin, there is usually some special alchemy when the Vienna Philharmonic plays Richard...

Reviewed in issue 11/1993

Review of Børresen Violin Concerto, Op 11; Symphony No 1

Børresen Violin Concerto, Op 11; Symphony No 1

As Nils Dittmer observes in his fulsome accompanying notes, Hakon Borresen (1876-1954) is one of a clutch of Danish late...

Reviewed in issue 2/1998

Review of Beethoven Lieder

Beethoven Lieder

This fifth and final offering is a fitting close to the remarkable work for Decca of this superbly matched duo....

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 8/1996

Review of Jon Vickers - Four Operatic Portraits

Jon Vickers - Four Operatic Portraits

All the items from the 1984 Ottawa programme have been previously issued on VHS. They catch Vickers, near the end...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 4/2003

Review of Avison Concertos in Seven Parts

Avison Concertos in Seven Parts

Ralph Kirkpatrick regarded Charles Avison as ‘an excellent composer who is unjustly forgotten’. To the gramophile it certainly seems that...

Reviewed by John Duarte in issue: 5/2003

Review of Handel Organ Concertos, Op 4

Handel Organ Concertos, Op 4

Handel had already hinted at the prospect of the organ concerto with a spectacular movement in his early Italian oratorio...

Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 8/2005


 

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