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Handel Cantatas & Trio Sonatas

There is a freshness about these performances that suggests a group of young players discovering the music for themselves, their...

Reviewed in issue 1/1998

Willaert; Jachet de Mantoue Mass and Motets

This recording mirrors the courtly lives of the Italian Renaissance nobility. The ensemble from Brittany – named after the Breton...

Reviewed by mberry in issue: 6/2005

Dowland/Henze Spirit of Shakespeare

‘Spirit of Shakespeare’ – the title speaks volumes for the aspirations of this young guitarist; but alas‚ the project itself...

Reviewed in issue 11/2001

Stalder & Reindl: Orchestral Works

Neither of these names are ones you are likely to come across every day. Joseph Franz Xaver Dominik Stalder (1725–65)...

Reviewed by Stanley Sadie in issue: 9/1989

Arensky Violin Concerto; Taneyev Suite de concert

Though each is problematic in terms of the concert repertoire, these two products of Russia’s Silver Age go well together...

Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 3/2009

Music for a Summer's Day

This is an unimpressive record. The Pierne Variations are agreeable, sounding like incidental music for some TV pastoral romance, but...

Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 10/1986

Beethoven/Danzi/Ries Horn Sonatas

Brahms made it plain that he wanted his Horn Trio to be played on a hand horn‚ with stopped notes‚...

Reviewed in issue 1/2002

Horowitz His Last Recordings

I think it says much for Horowitz's state of mind in his last three years that he felt able to...

Reviewed by James Methuen-Campbell in issue: 8/1990

Reimann Vocal Works

I do hope I'm not beginning to sound like the Chairman of the Aribert Reimann Depreciation Society. He's a fine...

Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 10/1991

Gil Shaham plays Romances

Heard in this context, Gil Shaham emerges as the first among equals. Anyone experienced in the field of violin miniatures...

Reviewed in issue 3/1997

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