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Muffat Florilegium Primum 1695

Georg Muffat paid tribute to the French ouverture-suite in his two collections which he called Florilegium Primum (1695) and Florilegium...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 7/1999

Rossi: Oratorios

The chamber oratorios of Luigi Rossi fall naturally within the repertory of Les Arts Florissants. Rossi was himself in Paris...

Reviewed in issue 2/1987

Shura Cherkassky - The Historic 1940's Recordings

Few pianists have proved more feline or elusive than Cherkassky. Wary of the studios – their chill scrutiny and the...

Reviewed in issue 5/2002

Telemann Orchestral Suites

Baroque oboist and director of Il Fondamento, Paul Dombrecht, has already issued a stylishly played disc of oboe/oboe d’amore concertos...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 11/1997

Stravinsky Histoire du soldat; Renard

Wistful is not a word one expects to use to describe a composition of Stravinsky but the Pastorale which opens...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 5/2007

Suomi - Finnish choral music

Hearing the beautifully balanced but very French Accentus Chamber Choir in music from Finland proves fascinating listening – not least...

Reviewed by kYlzrO1BaC7A in issue: 10/2002

Bach keyboard works

A remarkable feature of this recording is the insert booklet: Steuerman's praises are sung in four languages but the music...

Reviewed by John Duarte in issue: 7/1987

Bridge String Quartet in B flat; String Quintet in E minor

Both these pleasing discoveries date from Bridge’s fourth year at London’s Royal College of Music (and his first as a...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 3/2005

Clérambault Secular Cantatas

This is the third disc of cantatas by Clerambault to have been issued in the past year or so. Clerambault...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 10/1991

Barenboim plays Chopin in Warsaw

This great musician and ambassador for music celebrated in 2010 the diamond jubilee of his public debut. He has just...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 2/2011

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