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Brahms Piano Music

Although nearly 40 years separate the composition of these two works, it is surprising how mature is the language of...

Reviewed by James Methuen-Campbell in issue: 2/1990

Virtuoso!

The mighty nave of the former Augustinian Priory Church of St Mary is one of Bridlington’s three greatest treasures (the...

Reviewed by Malcolm Riley in issue: 9/2010

Debussy: Piano Works

It is often interesting to hear the Russians play French music, a recent instance being Gilel's fascinating Ravel fragments (HMV...

Reviewed in issue 10/1984

M. Berkeley Oboe Concerto; Pallis Nocturne

Michael Berkeley's Oboe Concerto, so the sleeve-note advises us, should be regarded as an ''early work'', dating as it does...

Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 8/1985

Agricola Madrigals and Instrumental Works

Alexander Agricola, the quincentenary of whose death falls this year, is not over-represented in the catalogue. Important recordings such as...

Reviewed by Ivan Moody in issue: 11/2006

Bartók String Quartets Nos 1-6

Last month I commented on how the 1950 Juilliard Quartet’s Bartók recordings were ‘occasionally fazed by certain rhythmic complexities’. Had...

Reviewed in issue 5/2002

Brahms Symphony No. 1

As a recording this newcomer is arguably the finest of the three CD versions now on the market, with well-defined...

Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 11/1984

Monteverdi Madrigals, Book 4

In one of the first of Monteverdi’s supreme achievements, his Fourth Book of Madrigals, Concerto Italiano are a hard act...

Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 10/2005

Skulte (The) Heiress of Vilkaci

One of the big names in Latvian music is Adolfs Skulte. But here we have his elder brother Bruno, who...

Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 6/2008

Gerhard Shahrazada; Cancionero de Pedrell

This is one of those examples of commendable enterprise with regard to repertory that yields only modest musical rewards. The...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 2/1989

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