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Review of Bach Sonatas for Viola da gamba etc

Bach Sonatas for Viola da gamba etc

It comes as a mild surprise to have Bach’s gamba sonatas actually played on the instrument for which they were...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 13/1997

Review of Janácek String Quartets

Janácek String Quartets

The Medici Quartet give strong, firm, decisive performances of both Janacek's quartets, with their excellently blended tone well captured in...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 4/1989

Review of Bach English Suite Nos 2 & 4; French Suite No 6

Bach English Suite Nos 2 & 4; French Suite No 6

Just when you think you've encountered everything that can go wrong with a car, you find that you haven't; it's...

Reviewed in issue 5/1995

Review of Haydn Great Piano Sonatas

Haydn Great Piano Sonatas

Despite a very finished technique, Ronan O’Hora doesn’t quite measure up to requirements. Pellucid pianism isn’t enough. Temperament is needed...

Reviewed by Nalen Anthoni in issue: 4/2010

Review of Haydn String Quartets, Op 33 Nos 2,3 and 5

Haydn String Quartets, Op 33 Nos 2,3 and 5

The theme-and-variation finale of the G major Quartet, No. 5, is usually the movement I look forward to least in...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 6/1996

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Review of Bach Early Cantatas, Vol 2

Bach Early Cantatas, Vol 2

Irrespective of the rights or wrongs of how many singers should be used in “historically informed” performances of Bach’s cantatas,...

Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 9/2007

Review of Nobel Prize Ceremony Music

Nobel Prize Ceremony Music

The famous Nobel Prizes, awarded since 1900 from the legacy of Alfred Nobel’s will, and perhaps most notable for the...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 2/1997

Review of Brahms Piano Concertos Nos 1 & 2; Handel Variations; Waltzes

Brahms Piano Concertos Nos 1 & 2; Handel Variations; Waltzes

Writing of these memorable recordings in his accompanying essay New York’s Tim Page refers to Leon Fleisher and George Szell...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 4/1998

Review of Ponce Three Concertos

Ponce Three Concertos

Manuel Ponce (who died nearly half a century ago, in his mid-sixties) has been called the “father of Mexican musical...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 8/1996

Review of Britten Choral Edition, Vol. 1

Britten Choral Edition, Vol. 1

The four hymns which open this recital cause one to marvel afresh at this creativity which made everything new and...

Reviewed in issue 4/1997


 

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Reinvented almost 60 years since the introduction of the original, this preamp/power amp combination...

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