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Andrea Bacchetti Plays Bach

Judging from past releases and the present double-CD set, Andrea Bacchetti has concocted a Bach style based upon deliberate and...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 10/2009

Alwyn Concerti Grossi 2 & 3

The music of Alwyn, in all its diversity and passion, appears to have an unstoppable momentum under the committed baton...

Reviewed by Jeremy Dibble in issue: 13/2011

Saariaho Chamber Works

Kaija Saariaho is one of the most impressive practitioners of electro­acoustic music around – as this disc demonstrates. Each...

Reviewed in issue 9/2001

Messiaen Chamber Works

Both the DG Barenboim and this new EMI recording were made in the presence of the composer; but what that...

Reviewed in issue 3/1992

Hartke (The) Horse with the Lavender Eye

Stephen Hartke (b1952) has enjoyed limited exposure this side of the Atlantic (though a New World disc of his Second...

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 4/2009

Chopin Ballades; Scherzos

Readers will probably be aware that in their original analogue format these performances were presented within recitals of mixed Chopin...

Reviewed by James Methuen-Campbell in issue: 2/1987

Schubert Alfonso und Estrella

On the 150th anniversary of the premiere, the adventurous Cagliari Theatre in Italy reminded us how musically rich this opera...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 4/2005

Romaria

After two albums exploring the world of John Dowland – “In Darkness Let Me Dwell” (11/99) and the Renaissance madrigal...

Reviewed by William Yeoman in issue: 3/2008

Finzi Let Us Garlands Bring; In Terra Pax, Farewell to Arms

These were welcome additions to the catalogue at a time when Finzi was less well represented than he is now....

Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 10/2007

Bach Partitas, BWV825/30 (piano)

Collectors looking for a new version of the Partitas played on the piano should find plenty to enjoy here, and...

Reviewed by Stephen Plaistow in issue: 11/1984

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