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(A) Piano at the Opera

For those with memories of Michel Dalberto’s triumphs in the Clara Haskil (1975) and Leeds (1978) Competitions, this most enterprising...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 10/2004

Haydn L'infedeltà delusa

According to tradition, L'iefedelta delusa (''Infidelity outwitted'') is the work which prompted the Empress Maria Theresa, who saw it at...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 4/1990

Purcell Complete Anthems & Services, Vol.1

Robert King certainly doesn't lack for recording ideas, and neither, with a cycle of Purcell odes already underway and now...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 7/1992

Herz Piano Works

Hyperion’s Herz recital includes a frontispiece showing a demure young lady disconsolately turning away from her piano (The Reluctant Pianist...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 2/2008

Leclair Violin Sonatas, Vol 2

It is good to see Jean-Marie Leclair’s name appearing with increasing frequency among the lists of new recordings. Surely one...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 9/1999

Slovenija!

Slovenia is hemmed in by Austria, Croatia and Italy. The inherited musical tradition, clearly influenced by the geographical surroundings, appears...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 9/2011

Prokofiev Symphony No 5; Sinfonia Concertante

Prokofiev’s Symphony­Concerto (sometimes‚ less accurately‚ referred to as his Sinfonia Concertante) is a work that continues to divide critics and...

Reviewed in issue 13/2002

J.C.Bach 6 Grand Overtures, Op 18

It has always surprised me that no one had recorded a disc of the six symphonies of J. C. Bach's...

Reviewed by Stanley Sadie in issue: 9/1994

Berger Chamber Works

Wilhelm Berger was a close contemporary of Richard Strauss‚ but a post­Brahmsian rather than a post­Wagnerian. He died young (in...

Reviewed in issue 13/2001

Elgar Sea Pictures. Pageant of Empire

Elgar devotees will doubtless already be aware of Konrad Jarnot’s exemplary debut recording of Sea Pictures in its version for...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 10/2010

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