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Handel Concerti grossi, Op. 6 Nos. 1-5

Only a few of the current recordings of Handel’s ever-fresh Op. 6 Concerti grossi are on period instruments, and of...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 9/1997

Handel (La) Resurrezione

La Resurrezione was composed for the Marchese Ruspoli as part of his spectacular Easter celebrations in 1708. The drama presents...

Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 11/2006

Krenek Symphony No. 2

The reappraisal of the music of Ernst Krenek continues apace, now reaching his largest symphony, the Second, which dates from...

Reviewed in issue 1/1996

Widor Piano Concertos 1 & 2

A mere five minutes or so of Widor’s prolific output has come to define and pigeonhole him. So popular has...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 1/2012

Haydn Nelson Mass; The Storm; Missa Brevis

In restoring full string, brass, woodwind and percussion forces, McCaldin’s own edition of the Nelson Mass emphasizes the high drama...

Reviewed by mquinn in issue: 11/1998

Musgrave Turbulent Landscapes

Thea Musgrave (b1928) belongs to a generation of Scottish composers – Iain Hamilton, Thomas Wilson and Ronald Stevenson are others...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 13/2009

Spannungen Special

Recorded live at the Heimbach Chamber Music Festival, this three-disc box of Brahms’s duo sonatas gives a vivid idea of...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 5/2004

Villancicos y Danzas Criollas

There is no mistaking it as the product of Hespèrion XXI: the soundworld, with a wide range of instruments and...

Reviewed by Tess Knighton in issue: 12/2004

Schubert Impromptus

With contenders like Lupu, Perahia and Brendel around, only a foolhardy critic would presume to pick out any one version...

Reviewed by Joan Chissell in issue: 10/1989

Egk Furchtlosigkeit und Wohlwollen

Egk‚ a leading figure in German music during the troubled middle years of the previous century‚ is something of a...

Reviewed in issue 5/2002

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