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My Garden Anthology of Flower Songs

The green-fingered accompanist has cultivated another fine display. Graham Johnson’s garden of song is a splendid place for finding not...

Reviewed in issue 10/1997

Mendelssohn A Midsummer Night's Dream

In almost every respect this production is an ideal representation of Mendelssohn's music for Shakespeare's play, and it has a...

Reviewed in issue 10/1994

(An) Evening Hymn - Works for Solo Treble

This recital, An Evening Hymn, takes its title from Purcell’s setting of serenly beautiful lines to a ground bass that...

Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 4/2003

Debut - Alice Coote

Alice Coote justifies her fast-growing reputation through a well-filled and profoundly satisfying recital in EMI’s Debut series. In a sensibly...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 12/2003

British Cello Music

Julian Lloyd Webber has never been content to plough the furrow of basic cello repertoire either in the concert hall...

Reviewed in issue 1/1988

Brahms Clarinet Quintet. Horn Trio

There is no need, at this remove of time, for me to lavish further praise on these performances. This account...

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 13/1998

Bach Organ Works, Vol. 7

Nobody could ever accuse Ton Koopman of slavish adherence to a text even when it is of unimpeachable authenticity. His...

Reviewed by Marc Rochester in issue: 9/1998

Mendelssohn Piano Concertos 1 & 2

As sound per se, Schiff's 1983 LP recording of these two concertos is surely the best currently available by far....

Reviewed by Joan Chissell in issue: 5/1986

Purcell: Chamber Works

When Purcell published his 12 Sonnatas in three parts in 1683 he made dear his intentions in the preface to...

Reviewed by Tess Knighton in issue: 10/1989

Donatoni & Gorli Piano Works

Teasing reflections on reflections from Donatoni, the seven ‘cycles’ of his variations proceeding in an oblique but never inscrutable manner....

Reviewed by kYlzrO1BaC7A in issue: 11/1998

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