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Vianna da Motta Piano Concerto in A; Fantasia Dramática

Hitherto, Jose Vianna da Motta (1868-1948) was quite unknown to me. Artur Pizarro’s informative note fills the main gaps: born...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 2/2001

Spohr Duo Concertanti, Op. 67

Renewed teaching activities, and the exceptional abilities of his students Ferdinand David and Fredrik Pacius, inspired Spohr to return to...

Reviewed in issue 5/1996

Maria Nemeth

Maria Nemeth came to Covent Garden in 1931 and competed with the recent memory of Eva Turner’s Turandot in the...

Reviewed in issue 6/1996

Savall Lachrimæ Caravaggio

Jordi Savall has established a huge reputation as a gamba player and as a director of ensembles, including the two...

Reviewed by Richard Lawrence in issue: 8/2007

Works by Stravinsky

The gorgeousness of the sound in this outstanding version of a favourite showpiece (made the more attractive by the apt...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 10/1986

Classical Kirkby

No, not Mozart and Haydn; ‘Classical Kirkby’ turns out to be a delightful programme of English 17th- and 18th-century song...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 3/2003

Binge Orchestral Works

Though Ronald Binge remains best remembered for his Elizabethan Serenade, a work that has enjoyed world-wide popularity, this most attractive...

Reviewed by Andrew Lamb in issue: 11/1994

Concert Pieces for Organ

Chichester Cathedral suffered over a decade without the use of its pipe organ. Now, with its glorious case fully restored,...

Reviewed by Marc Rochester in issue: 4/1989

Schmidt Symphony 3

I must confess than I am no closer than I have ever been to unlocking the Franz Schmidt enigma, so...

Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 6/1985

Dupré Symphonie-Passion; Evocation

The microphones have been placed so far away from the organ that it's difficult to know whether the strange clattering...

Reviewed by Marc Rochester in issue: 11/1994

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