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Benda, JA & F Violin Concertos

This is very much a family affair. The music is written by two Benda brothers of the mid­18th century. It...

Reviewed in issue 13/2002

Nono Complete works for solo tape

Electronic music was initially born of idealism and a spirit of adventure. It's easy to forget those pioneering days when...

Reviewed by Philip_Clark in issue: 12/2006

Famous Spanish Dances for 2 Guitars

As JD commented of the LP, the performances here are restrained, though not without atmosphere. The recording too is very...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 9/1984

Feldman Indeterminate Music

The Feldman feast continues with two more volumes in the admirably planned Mode series. The fourth is called ‘Indeterminate Music’....

Reviewed by Peter Dickinson in issue: 1/2002

Respighi Orchestral Works

From these two recordings of Respighi's Roman trilogy there is a clear first choice. Yan Pascal Tortelier secures consistently polished...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 4/1992

Mozart String Quartets

Here are two great quartets from the set of six that Mozart composed in 1782-85 and dedicated to Haydn. The...

Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 11/1992

Herrmann The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad

Bernard Herrmann’s superbly colourful and imaginative score for Ray Harryhausen’s The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad – the first of this...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 12/1998

Mompou Piano Works

“Une grande innocence”, says Arkel of Melisande. The same quality could be said to invest the music of Federico Mompou....

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 9/1997

Falla Corregidor y la molinera

It had long been known that The three-cornered hat, which established Falla's reputation when it was produced by Diaghilev's Ballets...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 3/1985

Mozart String Quintets

Denes Koromzay, joining here one of the most gifted of the younger Hungarian quartets, is the sometime violist of the...

Reviewed by Stephen Plaistow in issue: 10/1985

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