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Panufnik (The) Upside Down Sailor

There is something here I evidently don’t understand. The Upside-down Sailor is a very good title. You could help to...

Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 9/2003

Brahms Piano Sonata 3 etc

Here are two outstanding discs from Ronan O’Hora, a pianist of inward thoughtfulness and refined eloquence. Following his well-received collections...

Reviewed by Tim Parry in issue: 7/1997

Rossini Bianca e Falliero

Whatever its dramatic merits – and‚ make no mistake‚ a great performance can rivet sense – Rossini’s Bianca e Falliero...

Reviewed in issue 13/2001

Tan Dun Marco Polo

Mobility and re-creation are key concepts in Tan Dun’s ‘opera within an opera’, although readers expecting gravy-train minimalism will be...

Reviewed in issue 7/1997

Chopin Solo Piano, Vol 2

Volume 2 of Andante’s invaluable series traces a multifaceted tradition, a bewildering mix of paste and diamonds. What was once...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 9/2005

Curtis, M Orchestral Works, Vol 3

Ivan March and Andrew Achenbach reviewed two previous Campion CDs of music by Matthew Curtis (3/03; 5/05). That this third...

Reviewed by Andrew Lamb in issue: 12/2006

Violin Recital - Kyoko Takezawa

Debut recital discs seldom engender such a positive impression as this offering from the young Japanese violinist, Kyoko Takezawa. In...

Reviewed by mjameson in issue: 2/1993

Bach New Year's Day Cantatas

Collectors will recall that Ton Koopman’s complete Bach cantata series hit the buffers in 2000, with Warner withdrawing its support...

Reviewed by Jonathan Freeman-Attwood in issue: 0/0

Rachmaninov Songs, Vol. 2

Two figures in particular haunt the second volume of Chandos’s survey of Rachmaninov’s songs – Feodor Chaliapin and Rachmaninov himself....

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 8/1996

Poulenc Sacred Choral Works

The perhaps idle thought struck me that there is something faintly incongruous in a Joyful Company of Singers electing to...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 12/1999

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