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Bach Mass in B minor

To celebrate Kathleen Ferrier’s short but legendary career with a complete performance of Bach’s Mass in B minor and sundry...

Reviewed by Jonathan Freeman-Attwood in issue: 1/2004

Dvorák Chamber Works

Bearing in mind what the members of the Hagen Quartet said (''News and Views'', September 1986, page 348) about their...

Reviewed by Stephen Johnson in issue: 5/1987

Bruch; Mendelssohn; Rossini Works for Clarinet and Orchestra

On this showing Ludmila Peterková is the Czech answer to Germany’s Sabine Meyer‚ a characterful clarinettist‚ brilliant technically‚ with a...

Reviewed in issue 4/2002

Bartók Orchestral Works

Chatting briefly to Nikolaus Harnoncourt about this Bartók project a year or so ago I ran some names past him...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 7/2004

Eisler - Hollywood Songbook

An issue of major importance, hugely impressive. Goerne has obviously been smitten by these wonderful, neglected songs: he calls them...

Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 1/1999

Bach Cantatas

This is the fourth Vanguard Bach reissue of Bach cantata recordings dating back to the early- and mid-1950s. One of...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 10/1994

Satie Piano Works

Unlike those of Beethoven, Schubert's piano sonatas do not form a coherent cycle. Moreover, in Schubert's case, there are many...

Reviewed in issue 12/1993

Finnissy Lost Lands

Pianist Ian Pace, who was the star of last year’s double-CD Finnissy album from Metier (4/02), takes a back seat...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 4/2003

Bach (6) Sonatas for Violin and Harpsichord

Bach’s six sonatas for violin and harpsichord, BWV1014-19, must be among the most recorded Baroque chamber works of recent years....

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 8/2004

Cage Fifty-Eight

This is one of Cage's last works, available thanks to further advocacy from the Hat-Hut Now label. The head of...

Reviewed by Peter Dickinson in issue: 6/1994

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