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Cage Works for Violin

This is the latest in Wergo’s extensive Cage series, which also contains the Joycean extravaganza Roaratorio (10/94) and the legendary...

Reviewed by Peter Dickinson in issue: 11/1999

L'Ange et le Diable - Sonatas by Leclair & Locatelli

The Rare Fruits Council revisit the myths and magic surrounding the violinists Leclair and Locatelli‚ whose musical encounter at the...

Reviewed in issue 6/2002

Granados/Albéniz - Spanish Piano Music, Vol 1

Conveniently reissued on two CDs, here are the twin peaks of Spanish piano music finely recorded and played by Martin...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 5/2005

Debussy/Pierné/Ravel Sonatas for Violin and Piano

The special significance of this performance of Debussy's Sonata—his last work—is that it was written for the violinist's father Gaston...

Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 9/1994

Portrait of Barbara Strozzi

Despite the stimulating precedent of Giulio Caccini’s daughter Francesca, Barbara Strozzi was clearly well aware of her unusual position in...

Reviewed by Iain Fenlon in issue: 5/1997

Verdi Overtures & Preludes

Abbado conducts the Berlin Philharmonic in performances at once polished and impulsive, as the overture to La forza del destino...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 9/1999

Romantic Horn Concertos

Peter Damm’s superbly agile, warm-toned contribution (complete with gentle vibrato) in this quartet of romantic horn concertante works falls most...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 13/1998

Röntgen Violin Concertos

Leipzig-born Julius Röntgen (1855-1932) was nothing if not prolific, his output of well over 500 works incorporating no fewer than...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 11/2011

Martucci Complete Orchestral Music, Vol. 1

The case for investigating Martucci gets more and more urgent with each work of his that comes to light. The...

Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 12/1989

Mozart Violin Concertos

I reviewed Isabelle van Keulen's performances of the two other Mozart violin concertos—of the official canon of five, that is,...

Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 5/1993

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