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Beethoven: Chamber Music on Period Instruments

Christopher Kite plays on a copy of a 1784 Stein fortepiano, and a most attractive instrument it is, well suited...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 8/1989

Spellbound - Flute Concertos

Sally Beamish wrote her flute concerto in 2005, and those who have been enjoying her admirable Viola Concerto No 2...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 3/2009

Liszt: Piano Transcriptions

At over 72 minutes, this is a generous disc in terms of duration. It is reasonably attractive musically, too. Jeno...

Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 9/1988

Wagner Der fliegende Holländer

Here is the reissue of yet another version of this work. It has much to commend it. First of all...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 8/1993

Offenbach La Vie Parisienne

This isn’t La vie parisienne but rather Pariser-Leben – Offenbach’s 1866 ‘play with songs’ reached Vienna and then Berlin just...

Reviewed by Patrick O'Connor in issue: 6/1999

Dinastia Borgia

Presenting history via sound – not merely illuminating neglected chapters of music history – lies behind Jordi Savall’s series of...

Reviewed by Julie Anne Sadie in issue: 2/2011

Serenata

A happy expectancy attends Elly Ameling's programmes, in which nothing is predictable except enjoyment. Here she ranges more widely over...

Reviewed in issue 3/1985

Schumann: Symphonies

Does Schumann's Second Symphony require special pleading? This former black sheep of the family certainly needs more positive direction and...

Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 2/1991

Mozart Horn Concertos; Rondo, K371

Zdenek Tylsar is a fine player, phrasing musically and showing an excellent feeling for the Mozartian line. Technically he is...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 6/1986

Gilles Requiem

Jean Gilles may not be a well-known name, but his Requiem of 1705 was once one of the most admired...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 5/2003

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