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Saariaho Works

An important recording‚ splendidly performed‚ so it’s a pity to begin with a complaint. Château de l’âme is a song­cycle‚...

Reviewed in issue 13/2001

Aitken Aspen Concerto; Rameau Remembered; In Praise ofOckeghem

I am sure that many listeners, randomly hearing on the radio the slow movement of Hugh Aitken’s Aspen Concerto, would...

Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 9/2000

Works for Solo Violin

The young American violinist Leila Josefowicz plays with thrilling verve and intensity. Her programme interestingly contrasts ‘serious’ virtuoso pieces, such...

Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 2/1997

Bach Keyboard Works

Kenneth Gilbert now adds to his impressive list of recordings of Bach's solo harpsichord music the Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 5/1991

Beethoven Symphony No.9

Naxos apologises in the booklet for moments of distortion in the finale (something you’re only likely to read – rather...

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 2/2001

Humperdinck: Hänsel und Gretel

There is a Brucknerian glow to the sound in the opening of the Prelude, giving a reminder that the orchestra...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 11/1990

Sullivan Cox and Box

This enterprising recording offers for the first time all the vocal numbers of Sullivan’s debut comic opera. Complete dialogue and...

Reviewed by Andrew Lamb in issue: 11/1998

Braunfels Verkündigung

In the period between the two world wars, Walter Braunfels (1882-1954) was among the most widely performed of all living...

Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 7/1994

Bach Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1

This release of Rosalyn Tureck’s live traversal of Book 1 of Bach’s ‘48’ for BBC Radio 3 – spread across...

Reviewed by Tim Parry in issue: 3/2003

Rachmaninov Preludes, Op 3 No 2, Op 23 and Op 32

Is there a version of all the Rachmaninov Preludes that is completely satisfying? Moura Lympany’s 1951 account comes closer than...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 12/2005

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