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Review of Ida Haendel plays Bach

Ida Haendel plays Bach

It is little short of scandalous that a violinist of such mastery as Ida Haendel should have made so few...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 1/1997

Review of Wolf Mörike Lieder

Wolf Mörike Lieder

At rising 30, Bar has already won himself an altogether enviable reputation as an interpreter of Lieder: his Wigmore Hall...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 11/1987

Review of Machaut Choral Works

Machaut Choral Works

The Hilliard Ensemble's performance of Machaut's Messe de nostre Dame invites comparison with the EMI Taverner recording. Both, to a...

Reviewed by mberry in issue: 2/1990

Review of Villa-Lobos Symphony No. 6, etc

Villa-Lobos Symphony No. 6, etc

In 1940 Villa-Lobos gained a certain notoriety with his New York Skyline, whose theme was derived from a charted panoramic...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 2/1997

Review of Merikanto Piano Concertos Nos 2 & 3

Merikanto Piano Concertos Nos 2 & 3

While it is undeniably true that the principal legacy of Aarre Merikanto (1893-1958) lies in his most pioneering music, dating...

Reviewed in issue 12/1998

Review of Terezin Music Anthology, Volume 3

Terezin Music Anthology, Volume 3

This is the third recording of Krasa’s Brundibar to have come my way, such is the resurgence of interest in...

Reviewed in issue 7/1997

Review of Mozart Symphonies

Mozart Symphonies

Levine and Mackerras round off their respective series with collections of early symphonies, and the first comment to make is...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 11/1991

Review of Bach Partitas

Bach Partitas

There is no other separately available disc of the partitas with which to compare this one by Mullova and it...

Reviewed by John Duarte in issue: 6/1994

Review of Bruckner Orchestral & Choral Works

Bruckner Orchestral & Choral Works

In my recent ''Gramophone Collection'' Bruckner survey (August, page 33) I was lamenting a lack of choice when it came...

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 12/1991

Review of Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue; (An) American in Paris

Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue; (An) American in Paris

When the original LP appeared, MH praised the ''warmth, clarity and depth of the digital sound'' as well as the...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 1/1984


 

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