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Matsudaira Theme and Variations for Piano and Orchestra

Yoritsune Matsudaira (1907-2001) was descended both from the Shogun rulers of Japan and the Fujiwaras, among the most powerful factions...

Reviewed by bwitherden in issue: 2/2005

Monteverdi Madrigals, Book 2

Monteverdi's eight books of madrigals, published at intervals during a long composing career, have received something of an uneven press....

Reviewed by Iain Fenlon in issue: 10/1993

Schubert Die Schöne Müllerin

Elsner possesses a sappy, evenly produced tenor, allowing more heroic effects in the more forceful songs than some of his...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: /2000

Chopin Piano Works (Cherkassky)

A compilation such as this would be outstanding in any context. That it comes at a time when Decca’s series...

Reviewed in issue 5/2001

Jack Liebeck - Works for Violin and Piano

Jack Liebeck, who is still only in his mid-twenties, knows how to bow a singing line, most notably here in...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 11/2004

Milford Piano Works & Songs

Robin Milford was born into a literary family (his father was head of Oxford University Press), educated at Rugby School...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 10/2008

Schubert Piano Works

Surely no key used by Schubert unlocked more personal secrets than A minor. That was certainly my own feeling after...

Reviewed by Joan Chissell in issue: 10/1989

William Walton - At the Haunted End of the Day

This extended television profile of William Walton by Tony Palmer‚ winner of the Italia Prize‚ is among the most moving...

Reviewed in issue 5/2002

Moosburg Gradual of 1360

Sequentia’s two recent releases, “Shining light” and “Aquitania”, offer two-and-a-half-hours of enthralling listening. They complement each other in their exploration...

Reviewed by mberry in issue: 12/1997

Bruckner Symphony No 8

During his 13 years as principal conductor of the excellent South-West German Radio Symphony Orchestra between 1986 and 1999, Michael...

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 9/2003

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