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Offenbach La Périchole

Of all Offenbach's major collaborations with Meilhac and Halevy, La Perichole is the one that oozes charm. The satirical touch...

Reviewed by Andrew Lamb in issue: 5/1992

Mendelssohn/Haydn Concertos

Haydn's instrumental concertos represent only a relatively small part of his output, and were mostly written when the composer was...

Reviewed in issue 1/1995

Piston Piano and Chamber Works

Listening to these fastidious accounts of Walter Piston's chamber music emphasizes the parallels between him and Sir Lennox Berkeley. Both...

Reviewed by Peter Dickinson in issue: 9/1990

Barber Concertos

It was only a matter of time and exposure before the Barber Violin Concerto finally made it into the popular...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 5/1996

Chopin: Piano Works

In recent editions of The Classical Catalogue, Jean-Philippe Collard's name has more often emerged in the context of French music...

Reviewed by Joan Chissell in issue: 4/1991

Kabalevsky Orchestral Works, Vol.3

Kabalevsky seems destined to be remembered for his user-friendly piano music and listener-friendly concertos. But he did also compose four...

Reviewed in issue 10/1992

Heinichen Concertos and Sonatas

Like Handel, Johann David Heinichen (1683-1729) was born in Saxony and his musical education blossomed in Italy. He’s no stranger...

Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 2/2006

Medtner Piano Concerto No 1; Piano Quintet

Medtner would have been both grateful and astonished by his present and ever-increasing recognition. Once dismissed as an unsatisfactory betwixt-and-between...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 3/1995

June Anderson sings Bellini Arias

Bellini suits June Anderson surprisingly well: 'surprisingly' because her voice is bright and her manner somewhat impersonal and unyielding very...

Reviewed in issue 12/1988

Colasse Les Cantiques

Pascal Collasse is chiefly remembered nowadays, if at all, as Lully's amanuensis. All the more odd, then, that within the...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 9/1994

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