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The Entertainer The Very Best of Scott Joplin

Joshua Rifkin made three LPs of Joplin for Nonesuch between 1970 and 1974 – a total of 24 rags. The...

Reviewed by Peter Dickinson in issue: 13/1997

Isaac Stern 60th Anniversary Concert

''Warmly involving'' was the phrase I used in my review of the LP to describe these performances, which may run...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 5/1983

Handel Messiah

Despite the obvious universality of its appeal and its message, most people would surely consider Messiah to be an essentially...

Reviewed by rgolding in issue: 9/1985

Balakirev Orchestral Works

Golovschin's version of the more popular of Balakirev's symphonies is a little disappointing after his intelligent and generally effective advocacy...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 10/1994

Nancarrow Studies

It's a curious comment on the state of American music in the late 1930s that one of its most adventurous...

Reviewed by Peter Dickinson in issue: 11/1993

Byrd Motets from Cantiones Sacrae

This new recording from a relatively recently formed vocal group – the 16-voice Sarum Consort first appeared in 1992 –...

Reviewed by mberry in issue: 5/1998

Mozart Piano Trios

This latest CD in the series emanating from the Mozart Geburtshaus in Salzburg, where most of the instruments used for...

Reviewed by Stanley Sadie in issue: 4/1997

R. Strauss (Des) Esels Schatten

For a description of the work’s genesis I refer readers to the interview with Karl Anton Rickenbacher and Sir Peter...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 8/1998

Daau - We Need New Animals

Folk-rock is hardly a new departure. Daau don’t so much remake the concept as pursue an intriguing and enjoyable byway...

Reviewed by kYlzrO1BaC7A in issue: 11/1998

Taktakishvili Symphony No 2; Orchestral Songs

Unlike his younger compatriot Giya Kancheli, Georgian composer Otar Taktakishvili (1924-89) has made little headway in the West. His Flute...

Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 12/2006

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