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Janácek Unknown Vol 3

Much the most interesting piece on this latest record of unknown Janacek is the E flat Mass. Teaching his Organ...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 4/1999

Historical Sibelius Recordings

This important three-CD set includes all of Kajanus’s Sibelius Society recordings from the 1930s plus the First and Second Symphonies,...

Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 2/1992

Music Transfigured - Remembering Ferenc Fricsay

All three of these biopics are recommendable as introductions to those who know little or nothing about their subjects. With...

Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 8/2009

Christoph Hartmann - Bella Napoli

This disc is as beautifully played as you are entitled to expect from a soloist and ensemble drawn from the...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 1/2008

Beethoven Symphonies Nos. 7 & 8

The insert-notes for this mixed harpsichord and fortepiano programme suggest that the point of it all is to demonstrate something...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 4/1995

Bach on the Lute, Vol. 1

The solo violin works of Bach have long been appropriated by guitarists, now it is the turn of a lutenist....

Reviewed by John Duarte in issue: 4/1995

Haydn Piano Sonatas, Vol 1

Interesting that the most intelligent musicians, the deepest-thinking of them, all maintain Haydn as a private passion. Sure, pianists revere...

Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 5/2010

Cello Concertos

This Compact Disc is a winner! It is difficult to judge the size of image of a solo cello from...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 8/1986

Walton Orchestral Works

Even Simon Rattle has rarely made a more electrifying recording with the CBSO than this outstanding version of Walton's First...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 12/1992

Sheppard Sacred Choral Works

As the works of Sheppard become known so we recognize his stature. This is an outstanding record, an anthology of...

Reviewed by mberry in issue: 2/1989

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