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Respighi's Rome

The first essential of any new version of this ideal coupling is to have brilliant recording to bring out the...

Reviewed in issue 11/2001

Gershwin Piano Rolls

Forget the tinny sound of the old player-pianos and even those transfers on to LP. This is a highly sophisticated...

Reviewed by Peter Dickinson in issue: 4/1994

Mozart: Piano Quartets

From the very opening of both the G minor and E flat major Piano Quartets, taken more deliberately than usual,...

Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 9/1991

Bizet Carmen

Each decade brings a fresh batch of Carmens on disc. There are at least 20 versions currently available on CD,...

Reviewed by Patrick O'Connor in issue: 10/1996

Festa Teatrale

The opening track of this festival recreation starts with a familiar ostinato rhythm, reminiscent of carnivals, that gets things off...

Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 1/2001

Telemann Orchestral Works

Two more releases from Collegium Musicum 90's excellent Telemann project and two very different sides to the master's character. The...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 7/1994

Alkan Piano Works

Thin and tinny (particularly in the upper region) are the best words to describe the piano sound on Laurent Martin's...

Reviewed by Michael Stewart in issue: 11/1993

Haydn Symphonies Nos. 101 & 102

Harnoncourt's performances of Mozart symphonies with the Concertgebouw have generally disappointed me with their weighty, even heavy approach. In late...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 3/1989

Schumann Liederkreis, Op 39. Fantasiestücke, Op 12

First Gulda, who in a brief but uncommonly personal sleeve-note, confesses to having felt a deep desire to ''plunge deep...

Reviewed by Joan Chissell in issue: 4/1985

Sculthorpe Orchestral Works

The most recent offering here, Little Nourlangie for orchestra and organ dates from 1990. It takes its name from a...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 12/1997

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