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Spanish Piano Works

It is surprising that this is the only version of Suite espanola, or even of its familiar and very engaging...

Reviewed in issue 1/1985

Berg; Britten Violin Concertos

Their proximity in time – 1935 and 1939 – and the influence of Berg’s music on the young Britten makes...

Reviewed by kYlzrO1BaC7A in issue: 5/2004

Bach Harpsichord Concertos, Vol 3

When reviewing a previous volume (12/96) of this complete series of Bach’s harpsichord concertos I was forced to express disappointment...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 7/1999

Ravel Works for Piano Duet

A critic should have no preconceived opinions about a performance, but I confess that the conjunction of the names Ravel...

Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 3/1991

Liszt Christus

I've listened to the complete Christus twice now in as many months, and I must say that it's beginning to...

Reviewed by Stephen Johnson in issue: 2/1987

Gluck Trio Sonatas Nos 1-8

No one thinks of Gluck as an instrumental composer, and his output for instruments is in fact quite modest—just these...

Reviewed by Stanley Sadie in issue: 10/1991

Reger Variations and Fugues

Mark Latimer won some publicity in 1999 with the ‘first ever live [unedited] recording’ of Alkan’s Concerto for Solo Piano...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 11/2004

Pachelbel Easter Cantatas

Let’s not beat about the bush: this is an absol-utely stunning disc. Under Roland Wilson, La Capella Ducale and Musica...

Reviewed by Marc Rochester in issue: 7/2004

Pfitzner Palestrina

Approached as an essay in words and music on a particularly resonant historic moment, when music, church and international politics...

Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 7/1989

Delius Orchestral Works

Debussy's fawn would seem to have strayed into a Lincolnshire field at the opening of Hickox's Brigg Fair. There are...

Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 5/1991

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