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Aires del Virreinato

Urtext has been steadily producing a fascinating series of discs of music from Mexico, using by and large Mexican musicians....

Reviewed by Ivan Moody in issue: /2000

Haydn Symphonies, Vol.15

Though only No. 13 can be dated with certainty, all four works here belong to the years 1760-63, spanning Haydn's...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 3/1994

Villa-Lobos Choros, Vol. 2

How many Chôros are there? Fourteen numbered examples (with two claimed as “lost”), two Chôros bis, a Wind Quintet en...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 10/2008

Dvorák; Schumann Piano Concertos

To say that Paolo Giacometti measures up well to the classic versions listed above is to say a great deal....

Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 12/2002

Fête Galante

Karina Gauvin is a remarkable Canadian soprano with a wonderfully fresh and firm voice. Francophone herself, she is ideally suited...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 7/2011

Mozart Piano Concertos No. 20 & 24

Barenboim's way with Mozart's piano concertos is well known and has rightly won praise: he imparts energy and a feeling...

Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 3/1988

Bel Canto Sumi Jo sings Opera Arias

This is an ambitious recital from Sumi Jo, who is developing into one of the most accomplished sopranos of our...

Reviewed by Patrick O'Connor in issue: 12/1997

Tartini Violin Concertos

Of the six violin concertos by Tartini in the current Gramophone Classical Catalogue, only one (D96) is duplicated here; as...

Reviewed by John Duarte in issue: 9/1996

Handel Tamerlano

This is an uncommonly interesting examination of how a great Handel opera may be performed without insisting that only Baroque...

Reviewed in issue 8/2002

Bax Symphony No 2; November Woods

‘I put a great deal of time (and emotion) into the writing … it should be very broad indeed, with...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 6/1999

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