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Rachmaninov Piano Concertos, etc

Writing of Zoltan Kocsis’s Philips recital of solo Rachmaninov works in the March issue I celebrated performances “gloriously free-spirited and...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 7/1996

Busch plays Beethoven, Brahms & Busoni

On the face of it, we hardly need another Sibelius cycle. At the same time whether it be Beethoven, Brahms...

Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 9/1997

C.P.E. Bach Organ Sonatas

C. P. E. Bach’s sonatas for organ were originally written for Princess Anna Amalia; “a princess who could not play...

Reviewed by Marc Rochester in issue: 3/1997

Vaughan Williams Flos campi; Suite

This is a specially valuable reissue, if only because neither work, not even that incomparable masterpiece Flos campi, is at...

Reviewed in issue 6/1984

Busnois Magnificat; In Hydraulis; Missa O Crux Lignum

Busnois left only two securely ascribed Masses; the one on L’homme armé is easily the more famous, but this one,...

Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 5/2003

Huré Violin Sonata: Piano Quintet

If you can imagine a fusion of Fauré and César Franck, it goes part of the way to evoking the...

Reviewed by Geoffrey Norris in issue: 7/2010

Bach Secular Cantatas, BWV210 & BWV211

Midway through the sacred cantatas, Mazaaki Suzuki and his seasoned Collegium are beginning what is, presumably, a mini-series of the...

Reviewed by Jonathan Freeman-Attwood in issue: 1/2005

Bizet Orchestral Suites

The two L'Arlesienne suites arranged from Bizet's incidental music and the corresponding ones from Carmen are well represented in the...

Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 12/1994

Tomás de Torrejón y Velasco La púrpura de la rosa

In the last couple of decades or so, a number of recordings of early operas have appeared that have both...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 7/1999

Lehár Symphonic Works

This splendidly produced collection will surprise and, I believe, delight. Lehar’s mastery of the orchestra has never been in doubt;...

Reviewed by Andrew Lamb in issue: 7/1998

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