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Handel Trio Sonatas, Op.2

Considering what fine pieces they are, especially those comprising Handel's Op. 2, it is surprising how sparsely these have featured...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 4/1993

Borodin Prince Igor

Curious things happen long before the official surprises of this vitally fresh Prince Igor, not least in the Overture, where...

Reviewed in issue 4/1995

Romantic and Virtuoso Works for Organ, Vol 3

Once again Jane Parker- Smith has produced a high-class display of her impeccable musicianship, mixing well known repertory with several...

Reviewed by Malcolm Riley in issue: 5/2009

Bartók Orchestral Works

The standard performing edition of this affecting but uncompleted Viola Concerto takes obvious heed of Bartok's other 'late' works: note,...

Reviewed in issue 4/1994

Schumann Etude Symphoniques Op 13; Fantasie Op 17

From the word go this disc is, sadly, a non-starter in terms of sound and rival versions of the same...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 8/2007

Handel Concerti Grossi, Op.6

There are now five modern-instrument sets of Handel's Op. 6 Concerti grossi on Compact Disc (all of which eschew the...

Reviewed by John Duarte in issue: 11/1990

Haydn Nelson Mass

Of all the Haydn worthy of recording on original instruments, the so-called Nelson Mass surely puts forward one of the...

Reviewed by hfinch in issue: 2/1988

Beethoven Piano Concertos 4 & 5

Backhaus was 40 when he made this recording of the Emperor Piano Concerto in January 1927. It was made, Jonathan...

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 9/1998

Gershwin Orchestral Works

If Porgy and Bess is your priority, then the alternatives easily outshine what is offered here in terms of both...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 6/1991

Offenbach Orphée aux enfers (in German)

This recording, first released in Germany in 1978, differs from the only other currently available 'complete' recording of the operetta—that...

Reviewed by Andrew Lamb in issue: 7/1989

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