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Haydn Symphonies

Bruggen and his brilliant period orchestra give a strong, cogent performance of the Military. The first movement is quite broad...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 6/1993

Biber Sonatas

This complete recording of Biber's 12 Sonatas for trumpets, strings, timpani and continuo, an early work published when the composer...

Reviewed by Iain Fenlon in issue: 1/1986

Pulkkis Violin Concerto, 'Enchanted Garden'; Flute Concerto

The 2001 Unesco International Rostrum of Composers awarded the first prize to Uljas Pulkkis’s Enchanted Garden. And no wonder. The...

Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 13/2007

Toscanini conducts Schubert, Schumann & Brahms

None of these works was recorded commercially by Toscanini, and all were rare items in his concert repertoire. His last...

Reviewed in issue 6/1990

Pacius (The) Hunt of King Charles

The Hunt of King Charles (“Kung Karls jakt”) is Finland's first opera - or, at least, the first to be...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 3/2007

Mozart: Piano Works

''If it swings, it's good, if it doesn't swing, it's bad,'' avers Gulda in his book Worte zur Musik (Munich:...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 3/1991

German Baroque Chamber Music, Vol.5

Ricercar's German-baroque-friendly issues continue apace with Vol. 5 of their chamber-music series, and no one could accuse them of pandering...

Reviewed by John Duarte in issue: 8/1994

Mozart Piano Concertos

These two CDs must surely have an equal claim on the collector of Mozart piano concertos. They represent some of...

Reviewed by Stephen Plaistow in issue: 1/1986

Bird Songs at Eventide

Singer, pianist and executive producer all contribute a preface to this disc, saying how good the songs are and (the...

Reviewed in issue 2/1996

Falla (El) Amor Brujo - Suite

Ataúlfo Argenta was the brilliant youngSpanish conductor who in the early days of stereo showed great promise, and was already...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 7/2008

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