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Schulhoff Concertos and Piano Music

The current Gramophone Classical Catalogue contains little competition for this generous introduction to the fashionable, Roaring Twenties aspect of Schulhoff's...

Reviewed in issue 12/1995

Gossec (Le) Triomphe de la République

After the events of 1789, François-Joseph Gossec (1734-1829) became an ardent musical icon of the revolution: Le Triomphe de la...

Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 7/2006

Scriabin Symphony No 2; Tchaikovsky Hamlet

''Help! Where can one hide from such music?'' Thus wrote Liadov about Scriabin's Second Symphony, and he was entrusted with...

Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 11/1990

Debussy Images; Nocturnes

In August 1980 these forces recorded for Decca a version of Ravel's Daphnis and Chloe that has, justifiably, acquired classic...

Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 6/1990

Dvorák Requiem

The present version of Dvorak’s Requiem has undergone various transformations, from the original issue in a handsomely boxed set of...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 11/1996

Palestrina 1st Book of Madrigals

This is a delightful collection of Italian madrigals, some contrapuntal but the majority syllabic and homophonic. Concerto Italiano have one...

Reviewed by mberry in issue: 5/2008

Gina Bachauer - First HMV Recordings 1949-51

Here is a noble tribute to a noble pianist. Gina Bachauer (1913-76) was an artist whose exultant virtuosity and unswerving...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 8/2005

Vlaamse Píanomuzíek

Hands up those familiar with the music of Jef Vermeiren, Lodewijk Mortelmans, Clement D’Hooghe and Karel Albert! This recital of...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 8/2003

Schmitt Orchestral Works

Eric Blom was unfortunately not far off the mark when, 40 years ago, he wrote of Florent Schmitt in Grove...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 3/1995

Macfarren Symphonies Nos 4 & 7

How odd that a German conductor and record company and an Australian orchestra should be unearthing a British composer of...

Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 2/1999

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