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Sarah Connolly - Songs of Love and Loss

Sarah Connolly’s beautifully sung Frauenliebe und -leben often called to mind Janet Baker’s early recording with Martin Isepp (Regis). From...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 11/2008

Gershwin plays Gershwin

It seems more than a little strange that the American clarinettist, Charles Neidich (winner of several prestigious prizes), should be...

Reviewed by Joan Chissell in issue: 9/1992

Glazunov Orchestral Works

Ansermet gave Glazunov's The seasons ballet its stereo debut and revealed what a vivid and tuneful score it is, almost...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 12/1991

Schumann concerto works

A most valuable addition to the Schumann CD discography. This new recording of the Concerto is more generously and logically...

Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 3/1987

Mahler Symphony No 7

For some Valery Gergiev’s dark, pumped-up Seventh might prove to be the high-point of his Mahler cycle. True, the over-the-barricades...

Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 10/2008

Great Pianists of the 20th Century - Van Cliburn

There are many strong candidates for inclusion in a Van Cliburn retrospective such as this; but the Rachmaninov/Tchaikovsky conjunction is...

Reviewed in issue 1/1999

Hakola Clarinet Concerto; Diamond Street; Verdoyances crépuscules

For those whose first exposure, like mine, to Kimmo Hakola’s music was through his earlier, experimental manner (as in his...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 5/2006

L. Couperin Harpsichord Works

Laurence Cummings, a 26-year-old ex-organ scholar at Christ Church, Oxford, has been heard in some Frescobaldi organ pieces on a...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 3/1995

O Duo

Have you ever wanted to hear Chopin’s Fantaisie-Impromptu played on the marimba? Here’s your chance, although you’ll have to accept...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 5/2007

Telemann Flute Fantasias

Telemann's 12 Fantaisies for unaccompanied flute have been well represented in the catalogue in recent years. Two versions are currently...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 6/1993

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