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Bach, CPE Keyboard Works Vol 21

The six sonatas CPE Bach published in 1760 stand out for their rich melodic invention and subtle rhythmic manipulations of...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 5/2011

Duruflé Complete Organ Works

In addition to the six organ pieces Durufle eventually allowed to be published this disc also contains three of the...

Reviewed by Marc Rochester in issue: 10/1997

Sibelius Orchestral Works

The name Anthony Collins (1893-1963) probably doesn't mean a great deal to the majority of younger Gramophone readers, but for...

Reviewed by Stephen Johnson in issue: 6/1994

Dupré Choral Works

For all but a handful of devotees Marcel Dupré is inseparably associated with the organ. Dupré himself conceded this: ‘I...

Reviewed in issue 10/2001

Mendelssohn Orchestral Works

Mendelssohn's Octet translates very happily to the medium of full string orchestra, and Ashkenazy's fresh, affectionate performance, excellently played by...

Reviewed in issue 8/1994

Haydn Die Jahreszeiten

Marriner's 1980 recording of The Seasons, widely praised when it first appeared, makes an attractive proposition in the mid-price Philips...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 6/1994

Messiaen Complete Organ Works, Vol 1

In May last year I reviewed two box sets of Messiaen’s complete organ music: the budget-price reissue by Regis of...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 2/2003

Copland Symphony No. 3; Appalachian Spring Suite

As an opening salute, the Fanfare for the Common Man makes a good cen-tenary tribute and prepares listeners for its...

Reviewed by Peter Dickinson in issue: /2000

Handel Israel in Egypt

There was a time when Israel in Egypt was second only to Messiah in popularity among Handel’s choral works. Both...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 10/2000

Spirituals in Concert

Those who saw the television relay last Christmas of this live Carnegie Hall concert—soon to be available in VHS Video...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 5/1991

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