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Skempton Home and Abroad - accordion works

Accordion music defines the essence of Howard Skempton’s self-contained universe. Employing only the basic materials allowed by the 12-bass Sorrento...

Reviewed by kYlzrO1BaC7A in issue: 4/1998

Glenn Gould broadcast performances

Any recordings which shed fresh light on Glenn Gould—a unique and mercurial genius—are beyond price. And although the lavish documentation...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 7/1994

Gluck Orfeo ed Euridice

There have been a number of recordings of Orfeo ed Euridice issued lately, in one or other of its incarnations,...

Reviewed by Stanley Sadie in issue: 2/1994

Tchaikovsky String Quartets 1 & 2

The New Haydn Quartet are an impressive group, giving confident, lively performances of both works. Like many Hungarian quartets, they...

Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 11/2000

Telemann: Recorder works

Collectively, the three works contained in this Telemann recital show off the composer at his best. Here we have one...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 5/1983

Brahms/Franck/Litolff Piano Works

To this day, I know of no other recording of Brahms's D minor that so instantly takes fire and which...

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 4/1995

Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 6; Eugen Onegin Polonaise

Dohnanyi's wonderful refinement in balancing rich orchestral tapestries makes this performance a delight to the ear. I was continually reminded...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 10/1987

Handel L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato

L’Allegro would, with little doubt, be one of my desert island pieces, all the more so after listening to this,...

Reviewed in issue 10/1999

Puccini Turandot

Though the inevitable snags of live recording come out the more in the CD format—stage-noises, intrusive applause, odd balances—the gains...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 10/1985

Poulenc/Shostakovich Piano Concertos

Leonard Bernstein was an ardent but curiously selective advocate of the music of Shostakovich. Apparently approved of by the composer,...

Reviewed in issue 6/1994

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