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Narváez Musica del Delphin

Another handsomely packaged and superbly recorded release from ECM, “Musica del Delphin” sees Argentinian guitarist Pablo Márquez going back to...

Reviewed by William Yeoman in issue: 10/2007

Alain Vanzo Recital

Though he had been heard on a few special imports from 1962, it was not until 1969, with the Sutherland/Decca...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 6/1990

R. Strauss Complete Music for Wind

At first sight, this attractive Strauss collection looks like the obvious replacement for the Netherlands Wind Ensemble's comprehensive survey of...

Reviewed in issue 8/1993

Compositions for String Quartet and Percussion Trio

Iannis Xenakis is the elder statesman of the four composers represented on this resplendently well-recorded disc, and it's not difficult...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 9/1992

Dyson Quo Vadis

This fine issue makes an important and highly enjoyable addition to the series of Dyson works conducted by Richard Hickox...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 6/2003

Bartók Piano Works

There can't be many pianists on the current circuit whose fund of experience extends to working with a major twentieth-century...

Reviewed in issue 11/1995

Brahms Piano Works

This disc was recorded in Bolzano in December 1992. The sound is firm and immediate, if a bit strident at...

Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 7/1994

David Stanhope Plays

David Stanhope is an Australian composer, conductor, horn player and bass trombonist who ‘occasionally finds time to practise the piano’....

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 8/2000

R. Strauss Der Rosenkavalier

A landmark in the history of the gramophone, Karajan’s 1956 EMI recording of Der Rosenkavalier featured an unrivalled cast, with...

Reviewed by ihumphreys in issue: 9/1996

Verdi Requiem

This version makes a welcome return to the catalogue. To my mind it is preferable in almost every way to...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 9/1993

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