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Saariaho Orchestral and Chamber Works

California, where Du cristal was composed, is a long way from Finland, especially if you have broken your journey at...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 10/1993

Howard Blake Benedictus

The Benedictine Order has today spread far from its sixth-century origin on Monte Cassino; and among its present monasteries is...

Reviewed in issue 2/1989

Goossens Orchestral Works

It was David Measham’s fine account with the Adelaide SO for Unicorn-Kanchana (11/80 – nla) of Eugene Goossens’s mightily impressive...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 7/1996

Bach Arrangements

Angela Hewitt believes Bach transcriptions still have a purpose in awakening people’s interest in works previously unknown to them –...

Reviewed in issue 9/2001

Piazzolla Soul of the Tango

I quote from this disc’s insert commentary: “Tango is more than just notes ... [with its] rhythm that is at...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 2/1998

Dvorák Quintets

Recorded in the Rudolfinum in Prague, the Skampa Quartet, respectively with Laurène Durantel on double bass and Kathryn Stott on...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 10/2007

Bach Brandenburg Concerti

These two additions to the expanding tally of integral Brandenburg Concertos on CD are both played on period instruments but...

Reviewed by John Duarte in issue: 1/1990

Brahms Violin Concerto

After Giulini's somewhat enervating opening, Perlman's playing never seems quite to get off the ground in the first movement. From...

Reviewed in issue 1/1987

Messiaen 20 Regards sur l'enfant Jésus

Melisande Chauveau is a pianist of commanding virtuosity and imposing gesture. When called upon to execute ''a vehement dance, the...

Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 9/1994

Chausson Symphony, etc

The reappearance of this 1956 Paray Chausson invites a brief appraisal of ‘classic’ accounts of the Symphony. The 1962 Munch...

Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 4/1998

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