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Grosz Afrika Songs; Isle of Capri etc

Wilhelm Grosz was a pupil of Schreker, and according to Thomas Gayda, who has written the booklet-notes for this latest...

Reviewed by Patrick O'Connor in issue: 7/1997

Modern Solo Violin Music

Portuguese violinist Carlos Damas boasts a clear, ringing tone and impressive dexterity. He’s mastered the technical problems posed by Ysaÿe...

Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 13/2007

Devreese Piano Works

Having already sampled the work of the Belgian composer Frederic Devreese in tandem with that of his father Godfried (11/94),...

Reviewed in issue 1/1995

Schubert Winterreise (film version)

This dramatisation by David Alden of Schubert’s final cycle, and the programme that showed its preparation, were broadcast on Channel...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 2/2001

Rachmaninov Early Piano Works

Ian Hobson’s playing on this new disc has many features in common with his earlier discs of Rachmaninov – the...

Reviewed by Tim Parry in issue: 5/1997

Christmas liturgy

Conmoissuers of plainchant recordings will need no introduction to the choir of the Munsterschwarzach Benedictine Abbey, whose interesting researches into...

Reviewed in issue 9/1985

Glière Symphony No 3

This is entirely as it should be. I said of the original full-price Marco Polo issue that it was bad...

Reviewed in issue 2/1994

Bréville Violin Sonata No 1; Canteloube Dans la Montagne

Neither work here may qualify as forgotten masterpieces but there is so much to savour and admire that it does...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 13/2004

Bach Cello Suites

Though these two new recordings of the Bach Cello Suites sound rather different, reading the two artists’ booklet essays reveals...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 7/2007

Songs my father taught me

We’ve all known‚ and perhaps been guilty of‚ the musical snobbery which purports to have no time for such things...

Reviewed in issue 5/2002

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