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Handel Concerti grossi, Op. 3

Handel's first published concertos appeared in 1734 though the music which comprises the Op. 3 set is almost certainly much...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 3/1983

Alfabeto

Alfabeto is a system of notation used in music for the five­course (‘Baroque’) guitar. Letters of the alphabet indicated chords...

Reviewed in issue 3/2002

Roman: The Swedish Mass

Johann Helmich Roman was a gifted Swedish contemporary of Bach and Handel. Most of his active life was spent in...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 9/1990

Chaconne

Seiffge presents the D minor Partita in its entirety (not simply the Chaconne), adding implied basses that Bach could not...

Reviewed by John Duarte in issue: 2/1991

Belorussian Series, Vol.2 - Yevgeni Glebov

Sometimes a 'provincial' composer turns out to have a compellingly original voice—witness the Georgian Kancheli, represented on two previous Olympia...

Reviewed in issue 10/1992

Rozsa String Quartet No. 1, Op. 22 and No. 2, Op. 38; Sonata for Two Violins, Op. 15a

Don’t expect this to sound like Ben Hur! Miklós Rózsa’s string quartets with their classical form‚ emphasis on thematic development...

Reviewed in issue 10/2001

Reade Hobson's Choice

For anyone who has enjoyed this jolly ballet whether in the theatre or on television, this disc makes a happy...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 11/1993

Mozart String Quintets

Though less well known than its companion in G minor, the C major Quintet is no less a masterpiece, and...

Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 1/1993

Vivaldi Dixit Dominus; Jubilate; Gloria

In 1713 Vivaldi, teacher of the violin at the school of the Ospedale della Pietà in Venice, found himself taking...

Reviewed by Richard Lawrence in issue: 11/2004

Beethoven; Mozart Masses

The Czech recording need not detain us long, and long is what it is not, the Mass shedding a few...

Reviewed in issue 6/1990

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