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Verbey Orchestral and Chamber Works

Maybe Theo Verbey doesn’t transcend his times, but he does capture them in an engaging manner. Triade and Conciso are...

Reviewed by kYlzrO1BaC7A in issue: 8/1998

Bach Trio Sonatas

That Bach’s six organ trios have frequently provided the stuff for ensemble transcription certainly owes much to the fact that...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 12/1996

Roberta Alexandra - Songs my Mother taught me

‘There is simply no way to describe this music other than Songs my Mother taught me,’ writes the soprano in...

Reviewed in issue 7/1999

Nielsen Songs

If you have ever wondered why Nielsen's music inspires such devotion among his followers, this record offers perhaps an even...

Reviewed in issue 6/1986

Xenakis Anastenaria; Troorkh; Aïs

There’s a fascinating moment in Bálint András Varga’s Conversations with Iannis Xenakis (Faber & Faber: 1996) when the composer digs...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 13/2004

Francescatti Original Works & Transcriptions

Zino Francescatti composed his nine preludes for piano between 1919 and 1922 while still a student at the Marseilles...

Reviewed in issue 6/1998

Belgian Choral Works

Jongen's Mass is a deeply impressive work. Moments of magisterial grandeur, captivating tints of impressionistic colour, masterly handling of the...

Reviewed by Marc Rochester in issue: 1/2007

Ligeti: Orchestral and Chamber Works

When this disc first appeared in the mid 1970s I remember being struck by the continuity of style in Ligeti's...

Reviewed by Michael Stewart in issue: 8/1990

(The) Genius of Larry Adler

Larry Adler’s career has spanned all possible musical horizons. He is not only the world’s finest harmonica player, but a...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 6/1999

Schubert Complete Lieder, Vol. 3

It certainly seems as if one of the lasting pleasures of the Schubert Edition, of which this is the latest...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 1/1990

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