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Twentieth Century Organ Masterpieces

Scott is one of the leading exponents of contemporary music, and he plays a captivating programme, with the mood ranging...

Reviewed by Christopher Nickol in issue: 3/1999

Tippett Piano Sonatas Nos 1 - 3

It’s a pity that, at 35 minutes-plus, Tippett’s Fourth and last piano sonata is too long to join the others...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 12/2005

Messiaen Vingt Regards

One ought to begin any review of the Vingt regards by discussing how well the pianist conveys the cycle's visionary...

Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 4/2000

Twentieth-Century Violin and Piano Works

What a musicianly violinist Viktoria Mullova is. It shows in her versatility of manner as well as of tone-colour. There...

Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 8/1990

Schumann: Piano Works

Schumann's Carnaval is a piece that very much relies on the spontaneity of the pianist for its effect. However, a...

Reviewed by James Methuen-Campbell in issue: 6/1989

Bizet Carmen

Listening to this is a somewhat Kafkaesque experience – a performance of Carmen, sung in Russian with Don Jose singing...

Reviewed by Patrick O'Connor in issue: 5/1997

Skalkottas (The) Land and Sea of Greece

The five items here are stage works, written as accompaniments to choreography of various types. If some of the music...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 12/2006

Mozart Wind Serenades

I have already admired the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra more than once in these columns, and here is another occasion to...

Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 9/1991

Shostakovich Symphony No.8

'Epic' will do as a shorthand description for the fiercely dotted figures in cellos and basses that open this symphony...

Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 5/1993

Baroque Recorder Concertos

Three of the four concertos collected here were written for recorder and strings; the odd man out is the D...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 7/1985

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