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Bach Solo Violin Partitas & Sonatas

The late Jascha Heifetz was a mature musician of 50 when these recordings were made in 1952. Yehudi Menuhin was...

Reviewed by James Methuen-Campbell in issue: 9/1988

Handel Italian Cantatas & Other Works

Among Handel’s cantatas, those for alto voice are even more neglected than the soprano ones, so this CD containing four...

Reviewed by Stanley Sadie in issue: 3/2003

Krása Brundibár

The successful launch of Decca's Entartete Musik project should not obscure the dedicated work of smaller companies working in a...

Reviewed in issue 8/1993

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

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