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Couperin Livre de clavecin, Book 1

With Books 2 and 4 of Couperin's ordres already under his belt (3/95), Baumont has now tackled the long haul...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 12/1995

Bach Brandenburg Concertos

Though the baroque violinist Sigiswald Kuijken played a significant role in a landmark recording for Seon of Bach's six Brandenburg...

Reviewed in issue 6/1995

English Rhapsody

If you’ve ever wondered how George Butterworth (1885-1916) might have developed had he not fallen on the Somme, Mark Elder’s...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 13/2003

Schubert Choral Works

Gardiner’s interpretation of Schubert’s great, often visionary A flat Mass, the work that absorbed him longer than any other, stands...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 10/1999

Shostakovich (The) Film Album

This is the third of Riccardo Chailly’s offbeat Shostakovich collections for Decca, building on the success of ‘The Jazz Album’...

Reviewed in issue 4/1999

Coates, G String Quartets Nos 1, 5 & 6

Gloria Coates is the American composer who has been based in Munich since 1969 and in the last few years...

Reviewed in issue 5/2002

Verdi Rarities

Wherever this anthology was conceived, the noise of barrel-scraping must have been loud throughout the land. Even the title, ‘Verdi...

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 12/2003

Debussy Piano Works, Vol.1

After his complete Ravel for Naxos, the Franco-American pianist Francois-Joel Thiollier now turns his attention to Debussy. Like his other...

Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 1/1996

Officium

The play between ancient chant and structured jazz-style improvisation creates a sort of spiritual time warp where past and present...

Reviewed in issue 10/1994

Schubert String Quintet

New recordings of Schubert's quintet are almost a commonplace these days which, considering the extraordinary individuality and beauty of the...

Reviewed in issue 10/1983

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