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Julian Bream - My Life in Music

With this film, made in 2003 when the guitarist was 70 and had recently retired from the concert platform, Bream...

Reviewed by William Yeoman in issue: 1/2007

Busoni Doktor Faust

Sooner or later there must be a new recording of Doktor Faust: it is an opera great enough to need...

Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 8/1989

Poulenc Vocal and Chamber Works

Michel Piquemal sings in and directs this uneven Poulencian melange, full of spirit and ferocious tempos (Le bal masque clocks...

Reviewed in issue 9/1998

Bach Keyboard Works

Angela Hewitt in Bach is bringing Hyperion a distinguished series. If you enjoy Bach on the piano, and may merciful...

Reviewed by Stephen Plaistow in issue: 3/2001

Brahms Orchestral Works

Skrowaczewski's dull and sluggish performances of Brahms's Second Symphony and the Tragic Overture gave me little pleasure when I reviewed...

Reviewed in issue 3/1988

Puccini La bohème

Goose-pimples throughout: magical opera: adorable performance. If that is too telegraphic an account, it still says what matters most. The...

Reviewed in issue 4/1992

Boulez Le marteau sans maître

Not just a commemoration of a live event, but a vivid demonstration of collective virtuosity. Gerard Grisey’s Talea has an...

Reviewed by kYlzrO1BaC7A in issue: 10/1998

Guitar Works

Don't judge a book by its cover, or indeed this disc by the familiar look of most of its programme....

Reviewed by John Duarte in issue: 7/1991

Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No.1

Those wanting a new digital recording of Tchaikovsky's B flat minor Piano Concerto could well be satisfied with this, but...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 6/1986

Handel Deidamia

There is a natural inclination to suppose that the last of a composer’s operas may represent the summation of his...

Reviewed by Stanley Sadie in issue: 11/2003

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