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German Consort Music, 1660-1710

I very much enjoyed this programme of German baroque music when it was first issued on LP in 1983. I...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 9/1991

Balakirev Orchestral Works

Balakirev's reputation as the most forceful intelligence of the moguchaya kuchka, the Russian 'Five' completed by Rimsky-Korsakov, Borodin Mussorgsky and...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 12/1991

Romance

The collective title suggests, perhaps, a succession of short pieces. But for many the reality will improve on that, for...

Reviewed in issue 4/1992

Paganini Violin Concertos 1 & 2

There’s no doubt about it: Ilya Grubert is a fine violinist. It’s a real pleasure to hear the full range...

Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 12/1996

Beecham conducts Beethoven, Schubert & Mendelssohn

On April 29th, 1954, only a little while after the recording of these three generally masterly performances, Sir Thomas Beecham...

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 7/1990

Byrd Anthems; Motets; Services

It was in the dark days shortly after the Second World War that I visited Hereford for the one and...

Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 5/2006

Parry: Choral and Orchestral Works

The larger part of this reissue is taken from Sir Adrian Boult's very last recording, an eloquent tribute to Parry...

Reviewed in issue 11/1987

Beethoven: Complete Symphonies

Two very different Beethoven cycles: the Solti has been widely praised; the Bernstein too has its admirers, though it's customary...

Reviewed by Stephen Johnson in issue: 3/1989

Eternity - Western Poets in Russian Music 3

This final collection of songs set by Russian composers to western texts has as its subject a favourite theme of...

Reviewed in issue 10/2001

Armes, Amours - Songs of the 14th and 15th Centuries

This recording is no doubt intended as the sequel to Alla Francesca’s “Beaute Parfaite”, which I welcomed very enthusiastically a...

Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 13/1998

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