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Bernstein Symphony No 3; Chichester Psalms; Missa brevis

A composer’s recordings of his own works will often sweep the board, but the third of Bernstein’s symphonies is such...

Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 3/2004

Vivaldi String Concertos, Volume 1

Is it my imagination, or are Vivaldi's ripieno concertos becoming more popular? Not always as extrovert or fiery as their...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 6/2000

Vaughan-Williams Symphony No. 2; Concerto for Oboe and Strings

What healthy shape the Hallé are in these days. As dawn breaks over the capital, one could hardly fail to...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 1/2012

Kurtág Játékok; Bach Transcriptions

If any contemporary composer can persuade the musical world that compositions of between 30 seconds and four minutes in length...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 11/1997

Beethoven Complete Violin Sonatas

It's a case of roundabouts and swings here, and of course of personal taste. Both these sets feature artists of...

Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 1/1989

Fred the Cat - Half a Century of Piano Music

The American composer of Armenian and Scottish descent, now based in Seattle, Washington, is unbelievably prolific, with more than 400...

Reviewed by Peter Dickinson in issue: 6/1993

Emma Calvé

When Calve died, in 1942, Ernest Newman celebrated the event in The Sunday Times by describing her singing as ''utterly...

Reviewed in issue 11/1991

Rorem Songs

The renewal of interest in Ned Rorem’s vocal music – more than 300 solo songs and numerous song-cycles – continues....

Reviewed by Patrick O'Connor in issue: 6/2005

Heifetz - In Performance

Even by 1971 television standards this is amateurishly put together, the visual elements matched only by RCA’s dismal presentation. This...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 9/2005

Bach: Keyboard works

It must by now be some 16 years or more since Gustav Leonhardt recorded the Suite in E minor, BWV996,...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 1/1986

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