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Concert chez La Reine

Founded in 2006 by flautist Sylvain Sartre and gamba player Margaux Blanchard, who together with harpsichordist Nadja Lesaulnier form its...

Reviewed by William Yeoman in issue: 5/2011

Holst Choral Works

Things are looking up. As well as the preposterous total of around 30 currently available recordings of The Planets, we...

Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 5/1991

Mahler Symphony No 1

Given the competition, this simply won't do. Butt's prosaic opening sets the standard for the whole reading. I am sure...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 12/1991

Janez Lotric - Tenor Opera Arias

John Steane wrote, eight years ago, warm words about this tenor’s first recital (of arias and duets, 2/95). In the...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 10/2003

Haydn Symphonies, Vol. 1

With rare exceptions, Haydn's symphonies numbered in the 60s and 70s have been conspicuously neglected both on disc and in...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 3/1991

Castillon Orchestral Works

There is always a fascination in looking back, with the benefit of hindsight, at a work which was initially a...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 10/1986

Brahms Piano Quartet Op 25; Schumann Fantasiestücke

You’d expect this line-up of performers to give us something remarkable, and so they do; the powerfully projected emotions and...

Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 4/2004

Chopin: Piano Works

Of these three reissues the one that has long been unavailable is Cherkassky's compellingly beautiful version of Chopin's F minor...

Reviewed by James Methuen-Campbell in issue: 1/1989

Berio - Mahler - Attrazione d' Amore

With the future of non-operatic DVD less than assured, some directors use concert music as the starting-point for novel audio-visual...

Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 12/2005

Brahms Cello Sonatas

Torleif Thedéen and Roland Pöntinen’s performances here are on a grand scale, with opulent tone highlighted by a splendid recording...

Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 8/2010

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