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Prokofiev Piano Concerto No 2; Ravel Piano Concerto

This unusual coupling contrasts two wildly different works. For some, Prokofiev's Second Piano Concerto is a work of genius, while...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 5/2008

Geminiani Six Concerti Grossi

Geminiani's most important concertos are collected into three sets, all of which were composed either in London, where he lived...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 11/1990

Barbirolli conducts Delibes, Grainger, Greig and Mendelssohn

Sponsored by the Barbirolli Society, this Memoir Classics issue brings together a collection of Barbirolli’s early post-war EMI recordings with...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 11/1999

Rossini Music for Wind Ensemble

The title of this new Sony Classical CD—''Rossini: Six Quartets for Flute, Clarinet, Horn, and Bassoon''—is bound to be received...

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 11/1993

Janácek Choral Music

Even the most earthily folk-inspired of Janacek’s music is now being sought out by foreign choirs, often with considerable success,...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 5/1997

Fauré Piano Works, Vol. 5

This is the fifth and final volume of Paul Crossley's complete recording of Faure's solo-piano music; it makes a richly...

Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 2/1988

Debussy piano works

Besides the two familiar sets of Images (1905-07) Rouvier also plays the Images (oubliees) written in 1894 but never published...

Reviewed by Joan Chissell in issue: 7/1987

Scott Symphony No 1

This fourth volume in the Chandos Scott series opens not only with a first recording, but a first performance of...

Reviewed by Peter Dickinson in issue: 3/2008

Schuman String Quartets

This release fills a gap with Schuman's chamber music, which is not otherwise represented on CD in the British catalogue....

Reviewed by Peter Dickinson in issue: 8/1994

Molinaro – Fantasie, Canzoni e Balli

One of the many pegs on which a programme of lute music may be effectively hung is that of common...

Reviewed in issue 12/2001

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