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Dale;York Bowen Piano Works

Here is a disc to warm the hearts and minds of those who treasure romantic nostalgia, a love “for old,...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 8/2011

M. Haydn Symphonies, Vol.3

For some five years, in his early twenties, Michael Haydn worked at the court of the Bishop of Grosswardein. Clearly...

Reviewed by Stanley Sadie in issue: 4/1994

Geoff Smith Fifteen Wild Decembers

Given the right exposure and marketing this haunting debut album from composer Geoff Smith could easily become something of a...

Reviewed by Michael Stewart in issue: 11/1995

Haydn Cello Concertos

Playing a rare early eighteenth-century Domenico Montagnana cello, Truls Mork brings an unusual lyrical tenderness to these perennially popular concertos....

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 6/1994

Bartók Bluebeard's Castle Op 11

Question: Which two works came to fruition in 1911 (one written, the other premièred), were among their respective composer’s most...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 5/2003

Chopin Piano Works

The uniqueness of this single CD is that it offers the Ballades and Scherzos complete played on two original instruments...

Reviewed by Joan Chissell in issue: 12/1992

Grieg & Mendelssohn Piano Concertos

Because so much influenced by Schumann's A minor Concerto, Grieg's in the same key is so often coupled with it....

Reviewed by Joan Chissell in issue: 5/1985

Passion - Renaissance Choral Works

This is an attractive programme of Holy Week and Easter pieces, some by unlikely composers such as Tinctoris, the fifteenth-century...

Reviewed by mberry in issue: 4/1997

Chopin Nocturnes

All the Nocturnes, as with the Waltzes (reviewed below) have been extracted from Ashkenazy's long-running series of mixed Chopin recitals...

Reviewed by Joan Chissell in issue: 12/1986

Vaughan Williams Symphony No 9; Job

A mouth-watering coupling on paper; generous measure, too (Teldec’s total timing is 79'11''). Previous offerings in Andrew Davis’s VW series...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 7/1997

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