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Beethoven Symphony 6/Schubert Symphony 8

Andre Cluytens (1905-67) was never an especially individual interpreter of the music he conducted, but he understood how the old...

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 7/2000

Beach Piano Works, Vol. 2

A charming collection, embracing such stylistically diverse offerings as the sparkling Valse-Caprice from 1889 (with which the 21-year-old composer-pianist first...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 8/1998

Boccherini: Cello Concertos & Symphonies

Tafelmusik are a Canadian period-instrument group who bring plenty of spirit and enthusiasm to their performances. I have chiefly heard...

Reviewed by Stanley Sadie in issue: 2/1990

Byrd Virginals & Consorts

This is technically superb and musically distinctive. Skip Sempe and his musicians grab hold of each piece and play it...

Reviewed by David Fallows in issue: 9/1997

Cresswell Anake

Getting on for 10 years ago (12/92)‚ I thought that Lyell Cresswell’s music would benefit from ‘a more modern faith...

Reviewed in issue 3/2002

The Elgar Edition, Vol. 1

In 1957 HMV issued three LPs containing Elgar's recordings as part of his birthday centenary celebrations. Then in the early...

Reviewed in issue 6/1992

Two Centuries of British Organ Music

There are many for whom the sounds on this record represent home. It is rare to find a recording of...

Reviewed in issue 4/1986

Godard Piano Concerto; Symphonie Orientale

The French composer Benjamin Godard (1849‑95) is remembered today for the Berceuse from his opera Jocelyn (Bing Crosby made a...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 11/2011

Borodin Orchestral Works

Affectionate, vibrant performances, one and all. Svetlanov's reading of the hugely engaging Third Symphony in particular is a joy: tempos...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 5/1993

Milhaud Historic Recordings 1928-1948

This invaluable set was produced by the Phonoteque Nationale to celebrate the birth centenary of a composer who strongly supported...

Reviewed in issue 9/1993

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