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Charpentier David et Jonathas

The present resurgence of interest in the music of Lully's great French contemporary, Marc-Antoine Charpentier, is no flash in the...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 12/1988

Chopin Piano Concertos

Like several other great pianists Gina Bachauer was rarely heard at her best in the studio. There, her effulgent sonority,...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 10/1997

String Quartets

These five quartets may not have much in common, apart from being intensely personal works which yet have real popular...

Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 5/1997

Works for Cello and Orchestra

The brilliant young cellist Matt Haimovitz (born in 1970) enters the recording arena with a debut coupling of the Lalo...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 6/1989

D'Indy String Quartets

These two works serve as a timely reminder of the quality of a French composer who was much admired in...

Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 10/1991

D'Indy Diptyque méditerranéen; Istar; Poème des rivages

Vincent d’Indy is another late-19th/early-20th-century composer who is all but forgotten. A Franck and Wagner disciple, he reacted obstinately against...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 13/2006

Volans Cicada; Duets

South African-born, but resident in Ireland since 1986, Kevin Volans has a rare gift for strikingly inventive musical surfaces. His...

Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 11/2000

Dvorák/Schumann Chamber Works

These are splendidly exuberant, enthusiastic performances, free in impulse but based on a very acute understanding of where the music's...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 10/1991

Wagner Götterdämmerung

So the great project reaches its glorious close, as magnificently conducted, played and sung as the rest of this revelatory...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 2/2007

Tchaikovsky Seasons; Theme & Variations

This is one occasion on which I wish I hadn’t followed my usual policy of listening ‘blind’. Who on earth,...

Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 10/2000

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