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Czech Orchestral works

I remember the original Pye/Nixa mono LP (1/60) very well; I can still see the crude cinemascopic sleeve design, and...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 1/1991

Mozart Symphonies, Vol. 6

Volume 6 gathers together the symphonies written in Paris and Vienna between 1778-88 embracing the last three great ones (No....

Reviewed by John Duarte in issue: 9/1988

Beethoven Symphony 6 & Leonore 3

This is a Pastoral of an altogether special pedigree and temper, easy of movement, gracious of gesture, exquisitely finished. It...

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: /2000

Regnart Mariale 1588 (15 Marian Motets)

Jacob Regnart held the post of vice-chapel master of the Imperial Court at Prague until his death in 1599. Lassus...

Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 7/1998

Berkeley, L & M Guitar Works

This is a treasure-trove for guitarists. It begins around 1928 when Lennox Berkeley wrote his Quatre Pièces for Segovia, who...

Reviewed by Peter Dickinson in issue: 1/2005

Mahler Symphony No. 8

Following recent restoration work, St Paul’s Cathedral is once again arguably London’s most spectacular building. It hasn’t looked this good...

Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 6/2009

Alexander Tcherepnin: Piano works

''Russian-romantic Modernist'' is the title of the sleeve-essay here. That might suggest that Tcherepnin is a kind of kindred spirit...

Reviewed in issue 10/1987

Chopin Piano Concertos and Solo Works

Although Claudio Arrau (1903­91) was unquestionably among the greatest pianists of the 20th century (for one writer‚ ‘like God teaching...

Reviewed in issue 13/2001

Barzelette

This recital continues Opus 111's recent interest in the frottola repertory. This time it is entrusted to the Finnish ensemble...

Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 2/2000

Bryn Terfel - Live in Concert

‘Can Honour repair a foot?’ asks Terfel’s Falstaff of one of the first violins. ‘No. Or a finger?’ He waves...

Reviewed by Richard Fairman in issue: 4/2003

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