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Fitzwilliam Virginal Book - excerpts

It seems a long time since a whole disc was devoted to either the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book or the solo...

Reviewed by John Duarte in issue: 11/1988

Liszt Concertos for Piano Nos 1 & 2; Mephisto Waltz & other piano works

Here‚ in performances dating from 1967-71‚ before he was tragically overcome by illness and confusion‚ is John Ogdon playing with...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 9/2002

Mozart Mitridate

The presentation of a recording shouldn’t really come first, but this one’s does it no favours. Although it was made...

Reviewed by mscott rohan in issue: 7/2005

Debussy Pelléas et Mélisande

Unlike Karajan's Wagnerization of Debussy's intimate score (EMI, 2/88) or Boulez's pitilessly spotlit reduction of it to a bourgeois domestic...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 4/1993

The Art of the Baroque Trumpet, Volume 1

Niklas Eklund comes from a growing dynasty of distinguished Swedish trumpeters, significantly fostered by outstanding teachers and players of which...

Reviewed by Jonathan Freeman-Attwood in issue: 11/1996

Après la Nuit…

Philippe Schartz is renowned for his radiant tone, bright and decisive yet never uncompromising. Such are the requirements for the...

Reviewed by Jonathan Freeman-Attwood in issue: 1/2012

Wagner Walküre (Die)

The Arte Nova set completes the slightly erratic issue of this super­budget Ring. The one constant has been – for...

Reviewed in issue 9/2002

Hindemith Vocal Works

In later life Hindemith tended to regard his three early one-act operas (Wergo promise to complete the trilogy shortly with...

Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 2/1989

Debussy: Orchestral Works

At medium price both these issues are a bargain. Certainly all the performances go back over 20 years and according...

Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 7/1988

Canteloube Chants d'Auvergne

Let us start with the unfamiliar. Having finished her tour of the Auvergne, Dawn Upshaw completes this recital disc by...

Reviewed in issue 10/1997

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