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Couperin Works for Viole

It’s curious that to those in the style-conscious realm of early music the contemporary ‘accent’ of a performer is immediately...

Reviewed by Julie Anne Sadie in issue: 4/2003

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf Early Recordings

If I had to demonstrate to a young, sceptical collector just why so many of us were enchanted by the...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 7/1990

Elgar Symphony No 3 - Sketches & Commentary

Elgar left 130 pages of sketches for his Third Symphony and they have haunted the composer, author and critic, Anthony...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 3/1998

Szymanowski Violin Concertos

These glorious concertos have been less well served on record than they deserve, so these two performances fill an important...

Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 9/1987

Aho; Nielsen Clarinet Concertos

There are eight or so modern accounts of the Nielsen Clarinet Concerto in the catalogue, plus a few no less...

Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 5/2007

Frescobaldi: Keyboard Works

Records of early keyboard music can often be rather daunting affairs. It is far from easy to listen to, for...

Reviewed by Iain Fenlon in issue: 6/1987

Messiaen Poèmes pour Mi/Haikai/Reveil des Oiseaux.

Since all the performances here are excellent, virtuoso indeed, and the recordings are first-class, this can be confidently recommended to...

Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 2/1998

Berg Wozzeck

Wozzeck is perfect for the small screen, as the composer and intendant Rolf Liebermann intuited when he made his seventh...

Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 6/2007

Bach Orchestral Suites

Harmonia Mundi have shown restraint and a lofty disregard for prevailing market forces in previously declining to admit either a...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 8/1996

Beethoven Fidelio

Naxos seems to have an uncanny knack for choosing the right artists for its operatic ventures. On this occasion, perhaps...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 12/1999

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