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Fischer plays Beethoven

When it was first issued on LP the Fischer/Furtwangler Emperor Concerto attracted only moderate praise. This may have been due...

Reviewed in issue 3/1988

Martinu Piano Works, Vol 4

As the 50th anniversary of Martin≤’s death (in 1959) approaches, manuscripts – usually of small items or sketches previously thought...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 2/2008

Brahms Ein Deutsches Requiem

The first word of the Deutsches Requiem is “selig”; the last movement reiterates it, and throughout there recur images of...

Reviewed in issue 2/1996

A Scarlatti Il Trionfo dell'Onestà

Competent but unsubtle performances of less than the best Scarlatti, though the sonata for recorder and two violins is more...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 11/1999

Scarlatti, D Keyboard Sonatas

If the description of Pierre Hantaï’s single disc as ‘1’ announces the start of a complete set, it offers an...

Reviewed by John Duarte in issue: 1/2003

Bach St John Passion

The Ricercar Consort’s volley of Bach projects in the last few years has regularly impressed with the intimate and expressive...

Reviewed by Jonathan Freeman-Attwood in issue: 7/2011

Schumann Lieder

Hampson has a growing reputation as a Lieder artist, further justified by this intelligently planned and executed recital. Several of...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 4/1991

MacMillan Visitatio sepulchri; Busqueda

One brief but significant moment in the Passion-Resurrection narrative forms the basis of James MacMillan's ''sacred opera'' Visitatio Sepulchri. Standing...

Reviewed by Stephen Johnson in issue: 4/1995

Bach Family: Trio Sonatas

For those who specifically want a CD of trio sonatas by J. S. Bach & Sons and who prefer stylish...

Reviewed in issue 11/1985

The Elgar Edition, Vol. 2

These two indisputable classics of the gramophone, now sounding fresher than ever in Andrew Walter’s new remasterings, make an irresistible...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 7/1999

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