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Adès Piano Recital

Given free rein to construct a recital programme a composer/pianist will almost always present an audience with a very different...

Reviewed by Michael Stewart in issue: /2000

Glazunov King of the Jews Op. 95

Glazunov’s incidental music to the Grand Duke Konstantin Romanov’s mystery play holds much the same spiritual place in his works...

Reviewed in issue 10/1996

Charpentier conducts Charpentier

Poulenc regarded Gustave Charpentier’s opera Louise as a success, as opposed to the ‘lamentable failure’ of Dukas’s Ariane et Barbe-Bleue....

Reviewed by rnichols in issue: 5/2003

Brahms Serenade No 1. Elgar In the South

If this is an unexpected coupling from an unexpected source, Riccardo Muti's strong and expressive performances provide reason enough for...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 1/1995

Rota Piano Works

Nino Rota is known to most non-Italian listeners as the composer of music for films by Visconti, Zeffirelli and above...

Reviewed by Patrick O'Connor in issue: 1/1994

Sibelius/Schnittke Violin Works

This is an unnecessary issue. Gidon Kremer is one of the most gifted and interesting violinists alive, but the Sibelius...

Reviewed in issue 9/1992

Bach Complete Flute Sonatas, Vol 1

This first volume of a complete Bach Flute Sonatas series makes it clear that the category will be left as...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 4/2000

Psalms of David, Vol.9

Again, as in previous issues, it is remarkable what a little touch of drama will do. The single word ''scorn''...

Reviewed in issue 6/1994

Stockhausen Klavierstücke

First, a confession: I have not done as the composer wishes. I have not transferred these recordings on to cassette,...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 9/1987

Monteverdi Scherzi musicali

Monteverdi’s two collections of songs entitled Scherzi musicali (“musical jokes”) were published in 1607 and 1632. Rather than presenting the...

Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 13/2009

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