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J'ay pris Amours - Lute Songs of the 16th Century

Sixteen French lute songs from the sixteenth century, concerned with the usual gamut of fallings in or out of love,...

Reviewed by John Duarte in issue: 1/2000

Rubbra Improvisation for Violin and Orchestra; Violin Concerto

The appearance of this new recording of Rubbra’s Violin Concerto is both welcome and timely, given that previous versions from...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 11/2005

Fauré (The) Complete Songs, Vol 1

After Schubert and Schumann, now Fauré – Graham Johnson and Hyperion embark on another, somewhat shorter, song journey. This is...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 3/2005

Nielsen String Quartets, Volume 2

No problems here with the numbering of the Second Quartet that marred Naxos’s otherwise excellent recent release. Chandos get all...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: /2000

Wagner Der Fliegende Holländer

Well, here's a surprise: this super-bargain version enters the lists and—to mix a metaphor—virtually jumps to the top of the...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 9/1993

Schmitt Piano Works

Except for the Mirages, which John Ogdon once included in a mixed recital programme (EMI; on LP only—nla), these pieces...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 3/1987

Wolf Spanisches Liederbuch

When I reviewed the mid-price reissue of the Schwarzkopf/Fischer-Dieskau set six years ago, I expressed surprise that this collection had...

Reviewed in issue 8/1995

Gulda plays Bach

This CD is living evidence of Martha Argerich’s claim, “I never knew anyone so gifted or extraordinary as Friedrich Gulda”....

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 3/2009

Arnold Symphony No.4

The time seems just ripe for the revival of interest in the Malcolm Arnold symphonies. With the George Lloyd canon...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 11/1990

Great Pianists of the 20th Century - Sergei Rachmaninov

Rachmaninov’s playing presents the listener with a strange but delicious paradox. On the one hand, it is individualistic virtually to...

Reviewed in issue 10/1998

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