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Tippett Complete Piano Sonatas

The piano sonatas of Sir Michael Tippett are not on the same level of inspiration and invention as his string...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 6/1992

Schumann Piano Works

Here are 77 minutes of delight from Russia’s recently unearthed Aladdin’s Cave beginning with Schumann’s Op. 12 Fantasiestucke, recorded by...

Reviewed by Joan Chissell in issue: 1/1997

Britten Orchestral Works

The Bournemouth Sinfonietta's performances for Chandos of these three Britten works for strings are of no mean order, but they...

Reviewed in issue 3/1988

Glazunov The King of the Jews; Salomé

Glazunov’s King of the Jews was written as incidental music for a large-scale religious mystery play, first performed in 1913,...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 10/2000

Boccherini/Giuliani Guitar Quintets, Volume 3

With this disc Richard Savino and the Artaria Quartet complete their recording of the eight extant guitar quintets of Boccherini....

Reviewed by John Duarte in issue: 2/1994

Tulve Lijnen

An Estonian musical renaissance was under way well before the fall of the Iron Curtain, and Helena Tulve is one...

Reviewed by Richard_Whitehouse in issue: 11/2008

Schmidt - Brass Concertos

The most searching music here lies in the slow movements of the two concertos, for horn (1966) and tuba (1975),...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 1/2000

Monteverdi Madrigals, Book 3 (il terzo libro di madrigali)

The masterly anthology of styles that is Monteverdi’s Third Book presents very specific challenges in performance precisely because of its...

Reviewed by Ivan Moody in issue: 11/2002

Schumann Piano Works

The special interest of this recital is its inclusion of Schumann's rarely heard Holderlin-inspired Gesange der Fruhe, written in dark...

Reviewed by Joan Chissell in issue: 1/1990

Soler Harpsichord Sonatas, Vol 1

Antonio Soler is usually classified as a “Scarlatti follower” and, despite the entreaties of exponents such as Pieter-Jan Belder who...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 5/2009

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