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Tartini Violin Concertos

There is a novelty here – a four-part fugue for orchestra only, after the first movement of the G minor...

Reviewed by Nalen Anthoni in issue: 12/2003

Fauré Barcarolles

At one or two moments during the Nocturnes and the Pieces breves the piano sound on these CDs takes on...

Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 6/1988

Penderecki Cello Concertos Nos 1 & 2

Arto Noras is a vigorous‚ stylish cello soloist in all three of the works listed here‚ though only one –...

Reviewed in issue 3/2002

Handel Admeto

A warm welcome to this reissue and to the first Admeto on CD. It’s surprising it has been so long...

Reviewed by Stanley Sadie in issue: 2/1999

Hasse Cantatas & Sonatas

As Mozart was embarking on his first operatic adventures, Johann Adolf Hasse was still composing stage works in a career...

Reviewed by Jonathan Freeman-Attwood in issue: 9/2000

Donizetti Maria Stuarda

On its first release, in 1976, this recording had only one rival, conducted by Aldo Ceccato and with Beverly Sills...

Reviewed in issue 9/1990

Rachmaninov; Sibelius; Tüür Choral and Orchestral Works

Having already championed the music of Veljo Tormis (b1930) on her debut disc for Finlandia (8/02), Anu Tali now turns...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 4/2005

Leclair 6 Sonatas from Troisième livre de sonatas, Op 5

Leclair is becoming increasingly popular these days, and deservedly so. His chamber music is invariably strongly written and substantial in...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 11/1994

Meissen Frauenlob

‘Frauenlob’, alias Heinrich von Meissen (c 1250–1318), left for posterity a collection of songs celebrating women. Apart from the theme...

Reviewed by mberry in issue: 9/2000

Walter Gieseking - Public performances and broadcasts

First volume in the Czech Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra’s projected series gets off to a brisk, brightly articulated start with a...

Reviewed by mquinn in issue: 8/1999

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