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Mozart Violin Concertos, Vol. 1

These fresh, appealing performances stand up well in an awesomely crowded field. With her gut-strung Amati, Monica Huggett does not,...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 9/1994

Massenet Thaïs

In the mid 1970s the Massenet renaissance was gathering pace. There were two new recordings of Thais within a couple...

Reviewed in issue 7/1996

Bach Brandenburg Concertos (Cpte)

''Speech by Toad, Address by Toad, Song by Toad, Other Compositions by Toad''—I cannot help recalling the calendar of events...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 12/1992

Franck Organ Works

On purely ethical grounds Guillou (Dorian/Conifer) should offer no competition to Murray. While Murray is fastidious in realizing Franck's intentions...

Reviewed by Marc Rochester in issue: 7/1990

Bax Chamber Works

Baxians everywhere will rejoice at the appearance of this beautiful and enterprising collection, which fills so many gaps in the...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 5/1998

Piae Cantiones - Latin Song in Mediaeval Finland

The Retrover Ensemble, an international early music group, was founded by Markus Tapio when training with the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis....

Reviewed by mberry in issue: 11/1998

Schubert Complete Piano Sonatas

‘Intégrale des Sonates’ is the title on the box. Not so. Georges Pludermacher offers 11 of the 12 complete sonatas...

Reviewed by Nalen Anthoni in issue: 11/2003

South American Flute Music

It was enterprising of Anna Noakes to put together this programme of mostly little-known music, especially the two works by...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 12/1992

Dowland Complete Lute Works, Volume 2

A lot of what I said regarding O’Dette’s first volume (Harmonia Mundi, 11/95) applies equally to his second. Much depends...

Reviewed by John Duarte in issue: 8/1996

Shostakovich Symphony No 7

When, a couple of years ago, MEO complained of the ''insane'' over-production of Shostakovich Fifths on disc, he cannot have...

Reviewed in issue 11/1993

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