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Bartók/Ellington Violin Works

Both these works date from the 1940s; both, as Nigel Kennedy points out in his refreshingly direct notes, are inspired...

Reviewed by hfinch in issue: 12/1986

The French Connection

These performances are beautifully recorded with, in the case of Le tombeau de Couperin, CD heightening one's appreciation of Ravel's...

Reviewed in issue 2/1985

Mozart Piano Concertos Nos 5 & 6

These two early concertos first appeared as part of a five-record set which completed Alfred Brendel's Mozart piano concerto cycle....

Reviewed by Stephen Plaistow in issue: 12/1986

Zelenka Missa Votiva

Jan Dismas Zelenka’s sacred music written for the Catholic Hofkapelle at Dresden has been well served by several fine discs...

Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 9/2009

(The) Hugo Wolf Edition 1931-38

Whatever has since been achieved in Wolf interpretation as regards intelligence and sophistication – particularly in the performances of Schwarzkopf...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 6/1998

Karin Branzell (1891-1974) - I

Of the Swedish-born contraltos outstanding in their time, Sigrid Onegin (b. 1889) was the connoisseurs' favourite (beautiful voice, fantastic technique,...

Reviewed in issue 8/1992

Vivaldi Concert for the Prince of Poland

In 1740, Frederick Christian, Prince Elector of Saxony, visited Venice. For any cultivated grand tourist, one or more of the...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 4/1998

Lancaster & Valois

In a little postscript to his characteristically illuminating insert-note, Christopher Page remarks that he thinks he has—with his tenth Gothic...

Reviewed by David Fallows in issue: 9/1992

Emma Johnson plays Weber

Emma Johnson's four Weber performances were originally coupled to a miscellany of works, principally Crusell's concertos. They are attractive, intelligent...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 7/1991

Lully Roland

I won’t attempt to disguise my admiration for this opera. Coming from a composer who relied so much on spectacle,...

Reviewed by Julie Anne Sadie in issue: 8/2004

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