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Penderecki Chamber Works

This disc concentrates on string music from the decade spanning 1984-93. The most successful piece is the Clarinet Quartet, here...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 12/1999

Arriaga String Quartets

Philips’s three commentators here, in their different languages, have a high old time unearthing influences on these quartets – besides...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 7/1996

Ravel: Piano Works

''A sincere, unaffected musician who l look forward to hearing again.'' That's how I described Mikhail Rudy on the strength...

Reviewed by Joan Chissell in issue: 7/1988

Rossini L'inganno felice

Finalmente! A fine and tremendously enjoyable recording of an exquisite early Rossini one-acter that in the first flush of Rossini’s...

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 11/1997

The Magic of Satie

In her insert notes, the great Satie authority Ornella Volta reminds us that the composer wrote ‘for amateurs who didn’t...

Reviewed by rnichols in issue: 3/2003

Bliss Violin Concerto; (A) Colour Symphony

Strange we’ve had to wait such an age for a modern version of Bliss’s Violin Concerto. Written in 1953-54 for...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 11/2006

Macdowell Piano Works

Edward MacDowell (1861-1908) - whose brief life was dogged by tragedy - was understandably deferential to the European tradition. Indeed,...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 4/2000

Samuel Ramey sings Opera Arias

''Terribly good and terribly boring'', as Philip Hope-Wallace would genially murmur from time to time. On the stage Samuel Ramey...

Reviewed in issue 7/1989

Rossini Petite messe solennelle

The King's College Choir's contribution to this performance of Rossini's exquisite late setting of the Mass sounds even more sublimely...

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 6/1987

Ligeti Choral Works

Whatever surprises Sony’s Ligeti Edition holds in store over the coming months, it isn’t likely to get any stranger than...

Reviewed in issue 1/1997

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