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Organ recital by Stephen Cleobury

I'm so pleased that the ''Great European Organs'' series on the Priory label has King's college, Cambridge, for its No...

Reviewed in issue 3/1987

(The) Romantic Violinist

In celebration of Joseph Joachim, this programme brings together, alongside the pieces composed by the great violinist, works dedicated to...

Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 5/2011

Virtuoso Arias - Soffel

It is a sign of the times, and a very healthy one too, that a singer probably associated in most...

Reviewed in issue 4/1993

Bach Sonates & Partitas Vol. 1

Readers may have come across Makhtin as a member of a trio with Boris Berezovsky and Alexander Kniazev; he’s a...

Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 2/2009

BBC Singer of the World - Cardiff

By the time this review appears, we shall know the 2003 winner. Of the past 10 victors some six have...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 8/2003

Schubert (Die) Winterreise

Here is another imaginative visual (and musical) interpretation of this cycle to place alongside that by Bostridge‚ directed by David...

Reviewed in issue 7/2002

Strauss Lieder

Originally issued on two CDs, this distinguished recital inevitably suffers in its reduction to suit the playing-time of a single...

Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 3/2000

Faure Violin Sonata, Op 18. R Strauss Violin Sonata

It is no contest, big piano versus one violin. In my opinion far too many piano and solo instrument duets...

Reviewed in issue 2/1987

Gottschalk Piano Works, Volume 4

When I reviewed the first volume of what is now Philip Martin's renowned Gottschalk series it was necessary to explain...

Reviewed by Peter Dickinson in issue: 6/2000

Ostinato

Hespèrion XXI has already explored the folia in a recent recording (Alia Vox‚ 6/99) and here the group again recreate...

Reviewed in issue 3/2002

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