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Marx Orchestral Works, Vol 3

Conductor Steven Sloane has been taking up the cause of Joseph Marx, perhaps better known for his songs than for...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 2/2005

Messiaen Organ Works

From Le banquet celeste of 1926 to the Livre du Saint Sacrement of 1984, Messiaen's organ works represent an extraordinary...

Reviewed in issue 12/1994

BALBASTRE Pièces de Clavecin

The music of Claude-Bénigne Balbastre (1727‑99) “embodies the last flowering of the French harpsichord’s repertoire”, according to Sophie Yates, whose...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 5/2011

Misa Tango

I am not sure how I feel about a Mass based on Latin American rhythms, and with obbligato decorations from...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 2/2001

Bach (Die) Kunst der Fuge

For his recording of The Art of Fugue, Fabio Bonizzoni uses Bach’s early manuscript edition (Bach P200) to determine the...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 5/2011

Saint-Saens Piano Quartets

Saint-Saëns is so well known nowadays for his symphonies, concertos and orchestral works that it is easy to overlook his...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 10/2009

Verdi Il Trovatore

This set was first issued at about the same time as the now-legendary Callas/Karajan version (EMI), and suffered in comparison—as,...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 9/1989

Schubert Lieder

Here's another recommendable version of Die schone Mullerin to add to those already in the catalogue. For many years it...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 8/1993

Schumann Piano Quintet

For Schumann there were ‘no half measures in Bach; everything was written for all time’. Composed in 1845, his Op...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 5/2006

Sibelius Symphony No 5

Having hugely enjoyed the stimulating first instalment in Sakari Oramo’s new Sibelius symphony cycle with the CBSO for Erato (Nos...

Reviewed in issue 13/2001

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