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Asia Orchestral Works

Seattle-born Daniel Asia (b.1953) can number Jacob Druckman, Stephen Albert, Gunther Schuller and Isang Yun among his teachers. Since 1988,...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 9/1998

Grieg - Chasing the Butterfly

Here on this handsomely presented and generously illustrated two-disc album is a true labour of love. Inspired by Edvard Grieg’s...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 6/2011

Couperin, L; Froberger Harpsichord Works

This disc claims to be a showcase for a recently restored harpsichord, and a fine job it makes of it....

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 1/2008

Weinberg String Quartets, Vol. 1

While the music of Mieczyslaw Weinberg has received attention on disc, given the size of his output this has been...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 4/2008

Schumann Davidsbündlertänze; Kreisleriana

If Charles Rosen is right and Davidsbündlertänze is ‘Schumann’s most private and one of his most poetic works’, how far...

Reviewed by Nalen Anthoni in issue: 3/2004

Yundi - Live in Beijing

Just prior to Yundi, I had been listening to two recordings of Chopin played by Raoul Koczalski. Perhaps these were...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 7/2011

Brahms & Weber Piano Works

In his admirable note to this record, Alfred Brendel declares Weber's A flat Sonata to be ''almost forgotten''. He is...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 6/1991

Modern String Quartets

The Arditti open this stimulating and well-balanced programme of twentieth-century string quartets with one of the undisputed (and probably most...

Reviewed by Michael Stewart in issue: 7/1991

Schütz Symphoniæ Sacræ III, Op 12

Twenty years having passed since the Schütz 400th anniversary, it’s hard to think of many composers before Bach whose discography...

Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 1/2006

Messiaen Vingt regards sur l'Enfant Jesu

The Vingt regards are no longer the rarity they were up to about 1970, and pianists are no longer daunted...

Reviewed in issue 9/1989

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