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Bach Magnificat

Presented as a grand work with a single-voice chorus, this reading of the Magnificat is as vitally conceived and multi-dimensional...

Reviewed by Jonathan Freeman-Attwood in issue: 3/2010

Scriabin Preludes Vol 2

With this second volume Evgeny Zarafiants completes his superb survey of Scriabin’s 86 Preludes, adding four Preludes by Julian Scriabin,...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 11/2000

Great Cathedral Anthems, Volume 11

To conclude its series of Great Cathedral Anthems – a series which, at just 12 discs, merely scratches the surface...

Reviewed by Marc Rochester in issue: 3/2001

Hindemith Ludus tonalis; Suite '1922', Op 26

“No more formidable young pianist exists and his stunning recital balances prodigies of virtuosity with an unfaltering musical integrity.” That...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 13/2006

Mahler Symphony No 4

The Mahler Fourth stakes are growing impossibly high. Inoue more than consolidates here the impression he made on me last...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 7/1990

Norwegian Chamber Orchestra - Corelli Machine

In Corelli Machine (2002), Olav Anton Thommessen commemorates the Italian master through very different means from Michael Tippett half a...

Reviewed by kYlzrO1BaC7A in issue: 5/2007

Sibelius Orchestral and theatre music

This CD offers the Karelia and King Christian II suites, both from the 1890s, together with outstanding accounts of two...

Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 6/1996

James Johnston - Opera Arias and Songs

The lost opportunities of one's travels! In the 1950s in Dublin one could have seen La Sheridan (Maggie from Mayo...

Reviewed in issue 4/1995

Rachmaninov/Ravel Piano Concertos

This unusual coupling marks Helene Grimaud's concerto debut on Denon. And after the commendably high quality of her earlier solo...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 4/1994

Schubert Trio, Op. 100; Duo, Op. 574

In the E flat major Trio we meet a younger Schubert from Collard, Dumay and Lodeon than from either the...

Reviewed by Joan Chissell in issue: 11/1989

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