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Celestial Witchcraft - The Private Music of Henry & Charles, Princes of Wales

The title of this recording comes, appropriately, from Thomas Campion’s Elegie upon the untimely death of Prince Henry: ‘his carriage...

Reviewed in issue 6/1999

Romantic Oboe Concertos

Long thought of as a barren period for the solo oboe, the nineteenth century has yielded up a good many...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 5/1990

Leclair Violin Sonatas

The finest French violinist of the 18th century, Jean-Marie Leclair brought to the elegance and refinement of his country’s music...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 8/2006

Mahler Das klagende Lied

No matter how many times one hears this piece, one can still marvel at the confidence and accomplishment of Mahler's...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 2/1992

Rachmaninov Complete Piano Concertos

To have included the Paganini Rhapsody would have taken the Decca CDs up to around 78 and 80 minutes. It...

Reviewed in issue 4/1989

Beethoven Symphonies

As with Sawallisch's Symphonies Nos. 4 and 7 (12/92), it isn't hard to find things to admire. Again the recordings...

Reviewed by Stephen Johnson in issue: 4/1993

Schumann Fantasie; Kreisleriana; Romances

Andrea Kauten is a Hungarian-Swiss pianist who, according to Sony's fulsome notes, wishes everyone could be filled with her passion...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 2/2007

Scarlatti 21 Keyboard Sonatas

Was it The Sound of Music that started it off? Some years later that ever-popular ''The Sound of King's'' appeared;...

Reviewed by mberry in issue: 11/1988

(The) World 's First Piano Concertos

‘The World’s First Piano Concertos’ – it’s a slightly silly claim: certainly some of these are among the earliest piano...

Reviewed by Stanley Sadie in issue: 7/2003

Nielsen Violin, Flute and Clarinet Concertos

For those on a limited budget, this outstandingly generous Naxos anthology will prove a pretty irresistible purchase, I fancy, and...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 8/2000

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