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Franke-Blom Orchestral Works

Lars-Åke Franke-Blom (b1941), a native of Norrköping in Sweden, is a name new to me. He studied in Stockholm under...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 9/2003

Mozart Wind Quartets

Whatever difficult circumstances surrounded Mozart's relations with Dejean, who commissioned the flute quartets, there is no evidence that they affected...

Reviewed in issue 7/1994

Bacewicz Chamber Works

Grazyna Bacewicz (1909-69) deserves better than the label of an Interesting Historical Figure who provides some sort of bridge in...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 8/1993

Bryars Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet

Jesus' Blood never failed me yet is built on the idea of untainted religious conviction: the fragile, trusting voice of...

Reviewed in issue 10/1993

Ries Piano Concerto No 7

Ferdinand Ries (1784- 1838), pupil, friend and biographer of Beethoven, made London his home from 1813 to 1824. The Piano...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 9/2009

Respighi Orchestral Works

When it comes to reviewing vintage live per- formances, ‘being there’ can occasionally cloud one’s judgement. However, in the case...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 9/2003

Hasse La Contadina

La Contadina was a big hit in the eighteenth century. Although Johann Adolph Hasse had yet to compose his finest...

Reviewed by Jonathan Freeman-Attwood in issue: 11/1999

Beethoven Piano Concerto No 5

I like the comment by Emanuel Ax quoted in the booklet: ‘From the moment Rubinstein walked on stage you knew...

Reviewed by Stephen Plaistow in issue: 12/2003

Liszt Piano Works, Vol. 3

If I'd been asked to identify the composer of ''Les morts'' from its strange, exploratory opening, my first guess would...

Reviewed by Stephen Johnson in issue: 10/1989

Juliane Banse - per Amore

It would be hard to think of a more demanding sequence of arias for lyric soprano than this wonderful collection....

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 4/2011

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