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Poulenc Music for Two Pianos
As far as I am concerned, Poulenc is usually synonymous with enjoyment, and there are things to relish in this...
Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 11/1993
Barock Orgel
These CDs provide an enjoyable collection of pieces from six of the finest organist-composers of the 17th and 18th centuries....
Reviewed by Christopher Nickol in issue: 11/2002
A Royal Songbook
I listened to this disc with mixed feelings. On the one hand, these performances of songs and instrumental music from...
Reviewed by Tess Knighton in issue: 9/1996
Grieg Folk Dances and Songs; Piano Transcriptions
This disc neatly complements the outstanding recent disc of Grieg Lyric Pieces from Leif Ove Andsnes (EMI‚ 4/02). Like his...
Reviewed in issue 7/2002
Catalani (La) Wally
Catalani was by instinct and temperament a post-Verdian (even an anti-Vcrdian) composer whose short life ended just as the post-Verdian...
Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 2/1990
Rameau - Harpsichord Works
Rameau’s output of nearly 50 solo harpsichord pieces may be of a conveniently and enticingly manageable size – it can...
Reviewed in issue 8/2001
Mahler Das Klagende Lied
As I recall, the Prom from which this performance derives was an exciting occasion, notable mainly for Rozhdestvensky’s highly dramatic...
Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 3/1996
Bach Orgelbüchlein
The capacity of an audio CD just about stretches to the complete Orgelbuchlein. My sceptical nature prompts me to wonder...
Reviewed by Marc Rochester in issue: 12/1999
Purcell's Shakespeare
The link between Shakespeare and Purcell is several times removed from the oft-purported and erroneous conception that England’s Orpheus was...
Reviewed in issue 2/1998
Mozart Requiem; Coronation Mass
One of the first‚ if not the very first version of Mozart’s Requiem issued on CD‚ Peter Schreier’s reading was...
Reviewed in issue 10/2001
Hi-Fi, Books, Reissues & Archive Reviews
Book review - Monteverdi’s Voices: A Poetics of the Madrigal (by Tim Carter)
'The forensic study of Monteverdi’s madrigals bears ripe fruit from four decades of philological...
Review - Philadelphia Orchestra and Eugene Ormandy: The Columbia Stereo Recordings 1964-1983
Jed Distler delves into a massive collection focusing on the conductor’s later discography
Review - 'Vienna: From Mozart to Schoenberg' (London Sinfonietta / David Atherton)
Richard Whitehouse on a collection taking in the London Sinfonietta’s 1970s recordings
Book review - Edward Elgar and Adrian Boult (by Nigel Simeone)
'A veritable treasure trove for enthusiasts'
Box-set round-up: April 2025 (Stokowski, Dorati, Fiorentino)
Rob Cowan on three collections of vintage recorded performances
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