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Bach Solo Cello Suites

The Swiss cellist Esther Nyffenegger is a new name to me. According to the booklet she attended the master-classes of...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 11/1989

Rossini Soirées musicales

This is a classic case of “spoiling the ship for a ha’porth of tar”, as well as further evidence of...

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 9/2008

Milhaud Chamber Music with Viola

Having valuably recorded nearly all Hindemith’s music for viola (ASV, 9/95, 5/96 and 3/97), Paul Cortese now brings his rich,...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 13/1998

Bach Violin & Harpsichord Sonatas

Writing to J. S. Bach’s first biographer, Forkel, in 1774, C. P. E. Bach described these six sonatas for harpsichord...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 7/1999

Dowland - In Darkness let me Dwell

Lachrimae, or Seaven Teares (1604) is Dowland’s sole published collection for instrumental ensemble. This new release from gamba-player Hille...

Reviewed by William Yeoman in issue: 5/2009

Elgar Enigma Variations; In the South; Sospiri; Introduction and Allegro

A fascinating disc and one recorded – surprisingly – as long ago as 1998. The balance engineer was Mike Hatch‚...

Reviewed in issue 5/2002

Fritz Wunderlich Recital

Those whom the gods love … They would certainly be fortunate to recruit Fritz Wunderlich to the ranks of the...

Reviewed in issue 1/1989

Bruckner Symphony No 7

In recording studios round the world you can be pretty sure that if it's Monday and there's an R in...

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 5/1994

Mozart Concert Arias - Te Kanawa

Here we have something of a conundrum. In the digital re-mastering of an analogue recording, I feel that the Decca...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 7/1984

Komitas Armenian Songs and Dances

Vartabed Komitas is the name taken by the Armenian composer, conductor and collector of liturgical and folk music, Soghomon Soghomonian,...

Reviewed in issue 3/1997

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