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Fraser-Simson (The) Maid of the Mountains

Let’s confess that this is at times a somewhat odd score, with a curiously perfunctory Act 1 finale and a...

Reviewed by Andrew Lamb in issue: /2000

Beecham conducts Handel

One of Sir Thomas Beecham's most enduring (and endearing) interpretative attributes was an ability to turn a seemingly innocuous miniature...

Reviewed in issue 6/1994

Mozart, arr Grieg Piano Sonatas

Now this really is something to tickle the fancy of transcription-fanciers. When Grieg added an accompaniment for a second piano...

Reviewed by hfinch in issue: 2/1996

George Enescu Poème roumain

If all you know of Enescu are his First Romanian Rhapsody and Third Violin Sonata, then the 26-minute symphonic poem...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 6/2000

Grieg Violin Sonatas

Grieg recordings have come apace in this anniversary year, but Oscar Shumsky's performances of the three violin sonatas are special...

Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 12/1993

Shostakovich Violin Concerto No 1; Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk - Suite (arr Conlon)

An unexpected coupling‚ and‚ at first sight‚ the casting looks unlikely too. Now in his late fifties‚ the echt Russian...

Reviewed in issue 5/2002

Puccini La bohème

Adorable Boheme: opera, performance, recording and all. Not a ‘fashionable’ cast perhaps but they all give lovely performances, with warmth,...

Reviewed in issue 9/1999

Haydn Symphonies, Vol. 10

One factor has remained consistent throughout this series. Hogwood has steadfastly refused to use a keyboard continuo. He has had...

Reviewed by Nalen Anthoni in issue: 11/2000

Handel Concerti Grossi Op 3; Sonata a 5

Handel’s Op 3 Concerti grossi was his first published set of concertos, although scholars have regarded the level of his...

Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 4/2007

Abel Symphonies

Carl Friedrich Abel (1723–87) was probably a pupil of J. S. Bach in Leipzig and was a close friend and...

Reviewed by Stanley Sadie in issue: 6/1989

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