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Review of Rózsa El Cid

Rózsa El Cid

When it came to the musical swashing of bucklers there were few to equal, and none to surpass, my old...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 6/1996

Review of Bush A Little Love Music

Bush A Little Love Music

The songs included here were written over a period of two dozen years between 1952 and 1976. The three Ben...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 9/1992

Review of Schubert Chamber Works

Schubert Chamber Works

The present disc is further proof of Naxos's impressive ability to produce outstanding recordings at an astonishingly low price. Jeno...

Reviewed in issue 4/1993

Review of Bach Keyboard Concertos Nos. 1, 2 and 4

Bach Keyboard Concertos Nos. 1, 2 and 4

Soloist-conducted piano concertos can sometimes mean compromise, even chaos…but not in this case. Indeed, the playing of the Academy of...

Reviewed in issue 5/2001

Review of Beethoven: Middle-period string quartets

Beethoven: Middle-period string quartets

An interesting inclusion in this new DG set is the only currently available version of Beethoven's transcription of his Op....

Reviewed in issue 11/1985

Review of Vaughan Williams On Wenlock Edge; Gurney Ludlow and Teme

Vaughan Williams On Wenlock Edge; Gurney Ludlow and Teme

Once again we have a recital disc perfectly recommendable in itself but issued so closely after another with a very...

Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 4/2008

Review of Beethoven Symphony No. 3

Beethoven Symphony No. 3

Richard Hickox presents the Eroica with an orchestra of the size Beethoven expected when he wrote it—about 35 players. This...

Reviewed in issue 4/1984

Review of Berg/Stravinsky Violin Concertos etc

Berg/Stravinsky Violin Concertos etc

To judge by its representation in the catalogue the Berg, once thought so intractable, enjoys a popularity that outstrips even...

Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 7/1996

Review of Mompou Piano Works

Mompou Piano Works

Technically undemanding piano miniatures, predominantly slow and lyrical, almost entirely homophonic, innocent of modulation and thematic development, and admittedly written...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 5/1992

Review of Mahler Symphony No 4; Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen;Des Knaben Wunderhorn - excs

Mahler Symphony No 4; Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen;Des Knaben Wunderhorn - excs

Two more Mahler CDs to whet the appetite of even the non-specialist collector! The Fourth had a special place in...

Reviewed in issue 4/1999


 

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