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Bach (The) Keyboard Concertos, Vol 1

These are not entirely modern-instrument performances. Angela Hewitt includes, as she says, ‘a harpsichord in its traditional role as continuo’....

Reviewed by Nalen Anthoni in issue: 9/2005

Britten Cello Suites

Britten’s three Cello Suites have all the strength of musical character needed to sustain a permanent place in the repertory....

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 1/1999

Vivaldi Flute Concertos

I wonder if all these concertos would receive quite so much attention if they were not conveniently gathered under the...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 10/1987

Mercadante & Vivaldi: Flute Concertos

This is an odd record. Five flute concertos in which the virtuoso flautist, Jean-Pierre Rampal performs as conductor whilst the...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 5/1989

Martha Argerich - Live from Lugano Festival 2006

Begin with the first work on the first disc, Schumann’s Piano Quartet. Every dynamic mark in the introduction is meticulously...

Reviewed by Nalen Anthoni in issue: 10/2007

Beethoven Clarinet Trio; Mendelssohn Octet

The Wigmore Hall, one of London’s most venerable recital and chamber music venues, launches its own label with this issue....

Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 10/2005

Purcell Fantasias for Viols

It would have been surprising if Hesperion XX had not recorded the complete Purcell Fantasias to mark the recent tercentenary....

Reviewed in issue 9/1996

Duphly Pièces de Clavecin

There are three stars on this beautiful harpsichord disc: Elisabeth Joyé, whose playing is a model of graceful musicianship; Jacques...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 1/2010

Once as I Remember...

If you normally buy a record for Christmas, then I should think it’s pretty safe to say here is the...

Reviewed in issue 12/1998

Soler Keyboard Sonatas, Vol. 1

About five years ago there was a sudden flurry by several distinguished artists (Bob van Asperen among them) to set...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 9/1996

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