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Gade Choral and Orchestral Works
Elverskud is translated on this issue as Elf-shot. An earlier recording by the Royal Danish Orchestra under Johan Hye-Knudsen issued...
Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 11/1992
Jacqueline du Pré - A Celebration
Who was Jacqueline du Pré? (2001) is Christopher Nupen’s third documentary film about the great English cellist who died of...
Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 10/2007
Encores for Flute and Piano
Clifford Benson | William Bennett
This tape is well titled, for it is exactly what it promises to be. Don't expect substantial pieces or only...
Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 10/1989
Fritz Kreisler Early Recordings
Let me declare this by far the best account of this music to date. Not only is Lindberg's own contribution...
Reviewed by John Duarte in issue: 9/1985
Martha Argerich - Live from Lugano Festival 2006
Begin with the first work on the first disc, Schumann’s Piano Quartet. Every dynamic mark in the introduction is meticulously...
Reviewed by Nalen Anthoni in issue: 10/2007
Toscanini Collection, Vol.71
Arturo Toscanini | Milan La Scala Orchestra
Acoustically recorded, these first-ever Toscanini recordings are inevitably muted examples of the great conductor in his early fifties, half-way through...
Reviewed in issue 11/1992
Schumann Genoveva
For most listeners, Schumann’s only opera is still a relatively unknown quantity – and Nikolaus Harnoncourt holds the critics responsible....
Reviewed in issue 1/1998
String Quartets by Women Composers
The spectrum of women’s string quartet writing is covered here. While the Mendelssohn-Hensel and Smyth are enjoyable pieces of their...
Reviewed by kYlzrO1BaC7A in issue: 4/1998
Serenade - Tommy Reilly
Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble | Tommy Reilly
The collective title ''Serenade'', catches well the flavour of the music—light, gentle, undemanding. The general flavour is shown at its...
Reviewed in issue 12/1986
(The) Grand Organ of King's College, Cambridge
Priory Records’ handsome Organ DVD series continues with this third instalment from Cambridge. King’s College’s director of music, Stephen Cleobury,...
Reviewed by Malcolm Riley in issue: 8/2009
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