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Tallis Videte

These two recordings have much in common and much that differs. Both choirs are made up of young singers from...

Reviewed by mberry in issue: 7/2003

Jeffrey Talbot recital

Jeffrey Talbot is the possessor of a forwardly produced, Italianate tenor, which he uses with taste and often distinction. He...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 3/1987

Balakirev & Dutilleux Piano Sonatas

An enterprising coupling. Both sonatas have been recorded before: the Balakirev by Louis Kentner (Columbia—nla), Ronald Smith (EMI—nla) and Albert...

Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 9/1987

Beethoven: Piano Sonatas

Not for the first time reissued, these recordings in fact date back to 1963, and by present-day standards are now...

Reviewed by Joan Chissell in issue: 3/1985

Bach Sonatas & Partitas for Solo Violin, Vol 2

I imagine we’d all agree that it’s important for a performer to become personally involved in the music, to feel...

Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 5/2006

Boëly Works for Strings

The name of Alexandre Boely is familiar in the organist's world but hardly in the chamber musician's. He lived from...

Reviewed by Stanley Sadie in issue: 8/1987

Couperin, F; Marchand Harpsichord Works

With this recording, Aline d’Ambricourt offerslisteners an interesting opportunity to contemplate the relationship between Couperin and Marchand as organists, harpsichordists,...

Reviewed by Julie Anne Sadie in issue: 4/2004

Beethoven String Quartet,Op 130; Grosse Fuge, Op 133

The Cleveland Quartet’s pilgrimage through the Beethoven canon (previously reviewed 5/93, 2/94, 10/94, 8/95 and 3/96) has, with this latest...

Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 9/1997

Bartók Violin Sonatas 1 & 2

These performances were among the finest in Hungaroton's Bartok Complete Edition and they are well worth promoting to CD. There...

Reviewed in issue 6/1987

Smetana The Brandenburgers in Bohemia

It is not hard to point to the defects of Smetana's first opera; they cannot be denied, but especially in...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 5/1994

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