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Review of Great European Organs, No.47

Great European Organs, No.47

Transcriptions of Tchaikovsky ballet scores seem almost de rigueur for organists on Priory’s recent releases, but I’m not convinced such...

Reviewed by Marc Rochester in issue: 11/1997

Review of Irmgard Seefried

Irmgard Seefried

The welcome rediscovery and consequent reissue of Seefried's recordings continues with this essential disc, a 'must' for anyone who loves...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 4/1994

Review of Mozart String Quartets

Mozart String Quartets

Following their marvellous debut recording, of late Haydn quartets (2/90), the Mosaiques Quartet now give us the first instalment in...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 8/1992

Review of Verdi Arias

Verdi Arias

Here at last is the answer to the heartfelt prayers of all those correspondents who wrote to this magazine and...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 1/1989

Review of Tomkins Keyboard Music, Vol 2

Tomkins Keyboard Music, Vol 2

Tomkins is perhaps best known as a later representative of the school of English madrigalists, and one of Byrd’s most...

Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 10/1997

Review of Debussy Piano Works

Debussy Piano Works

I could listen to this forever. When it was new, nearly 15 years ago, I described it as the strongers,...

Reviewed by Stephen Plaistow in issue: 7/1986

Review of Mendelssohn Piano Works – Chamayou

Mendelssohn Piano Works – Chamayou

There was a time in the 19th century when Mendelssohn’s Songs Without Words were regularly regarded as the third great...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 10/2008

Review of Pablo Casals at Perpignan and Prades, 1951 & 1953

Pablo Casals at Perpignan and Prades, 1951 & 1953

These 12 discs incorporate an in-built fail-safe against hasty consumption, in that their interpretative ingredients are so rich, varied and...

Reviewed in issue 5/1994

Review of Schubert Piano Trio, D898; Notturno

Schubert Piano Trio, D898; Notturno

This provides a most welcome sequel to La Gaia Scienza’s splendid account of the E flat Schubert Trio (Winter &...

Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 11/1998

Review of Sweelinck Cantiones Sacrae - 1

Sweelinck Cantiones Sacrae - 1

As Peter Sellers famously said, ‘if you breathe a word around Charing Cross Road, ten fellas have done it before...

Reviewed by Jonathan Freeman-Attwood in issue: 7/1999


 

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