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In Nomine - (The) Witten In Nomine Broken Consort Book

A contemporary music ‘sampler’ with a twist from one of Germany’s most exciting ensembles. Readers would hardly thank me for...

Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 2/2005

J C Bach Keyboard Concertos, Op 7

In the multi-talented Anthony Halstead’s previous disc (11/97) of J. C. Bach’s keyboard concertos he employed nine strings from the...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 8/1999

Coates, G Indian sounds

Gloria Coates (b1938) is here described in composer-critic Kyle Gann’s notes as ‘an atonal-expressionist post-minimalist…her music is a vehicle for...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 4/2003

Beethoven Piano Sonatas

Frank Braley is a 30­year­old French pianist who won first prize in the 1991 Queen Elisabeth International Piano Competition and‚...

Reviewed in issue 2/2002

Beethoven; Ferguson; Schubert Violin Sonatas

Myra Hess and Isaac Stern first met in 1951, at the Casals festival in Perpignan. During the following years the...

Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 4/2011

Handel Agrippina

Anyone who thinks that all Handel operas are alike, or that all period-instrument performances are, will find food for thought...

Reviewed by Stanley Sadie in issue: 3/1993

Tartini Violin Concertos, Volume 3

Bravo to L’Arte dell’Arco for embarking on a complete cycle of Tartini violin concertos, the work of an influential composer...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 3/1999

Schumann Works for Cello, Piano & Orchestra

The contrast here between two of our very finest, most searching cellists today is fascinating. The broad comparison is clear:...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 6/1993

Strauss, R Complete Brass Ensemble Works

The brass ensemble of the Royal Academy, a truly excellent ensemble, have already given us (under Keith Bragg) an outstanding...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 2/2009

Haydn Schöpfung Mass etc.

It has taken surprisingly long for a CD version to arrive of Haydn's Schopfungsmesse (''Creation Mass''), the last but one...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 8/1990

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