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Rameau Pièces de clavecin

Angela Hewitt’s continued attraction to the summits of 18th-century harpsichord repertoire here leads her to Rameau, where few pianists have...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 2/2007

(The) Galant Bassoon

You would, I suspect, either have to want specifically to hear Matthew Wilkie in action, or to have what could...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 1/2010

Great European Organs, No.40

For an uncompromisingly modern organ John Scott has chosen an unashamedly modern programme. Set beside such original and distinctive company...

Reviewed in issue 8/1996

Weiss Sonatas for Lute, Volume 1

Leopold Sylvius Weiss, the greatest lutenist of his age, was an almost exact contemporary of Bach, his most famous admirer....

Reviewed by John Duarte in issue: 13/1997

Beethoven Piano Sonatas Nos 17, 21 and 23

A maverick pianist in mainstream repertoire is not without its advantages. But Fazil Say, a wild young man of the...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 1/2006

Cage Music of Changes; (7) Haiku; Suite fo Toy Piano

This next volume in Mode’s massive Complete Cage Edition shows sharp contrasts even though all three works date from 1948-52....

Reviewed by Peter Dickinson in issue: 3/2006

Works for Violin and Orchestra

A splendid new version of Paganini's Violin Concerto in D, the most famous, because of the enticing lyrical theme of...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 8/1988

Halvorsen, Vol 1

Johan Halvorsen (1864-1935) may not have been one of the greatest composers to have emerged from Norway – that accolade...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 8/2010

Casadesus String Quartets Nos 1 - 4

Robert Casadesus (1899-1972) wrote his four string quartets during numerous concert tours, which perhaps accounts for the more ‘exotic’ elements....

Reviewed by William Yeoman in issue: 12/2005

Knight Errant

The problem in assembling an 80-minute solo trumpet recital cannot be underestimated, but no one could accuse Mark O’Keeffe of...

Reviewed by kYlzrO1BaC7A in issue: 8/2007

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