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Review of Boccherini Guitar Quintets

Boccherini Guitar Quintets

Boccherini’s guitar quintets are not showpieces for the instrument; they are all transcriptions, made late in his career for a...

Reviewed by Stanley Sadie in issue: 2/2004

Review of Gianneo In the Altiplano; 3 Argentinian Dances; Music for Children

Gianneo In the Altiplano; 3 Argentinian Dances; Music for Children

Luis Gianneo (1897-1968), along with Juan José Castro, was instrumental in forging an authentically Argentinian musical voice combining European influences...

Reviewed by Tim Parry in issue: 12/2002

Review of Schumann Symphonies; Manfred - Overture

Schumann Symphonies; Manfred - Overture

The Concise Grove chronicles George Szell’s ability to achieve a “superb ensemble that embodied... strict notions of discipline in producing...

Reviewed in issue 2/1997

Review of Schubert Symphonies

Schubert Symphonies

Richard Hickox and his City of London Sinfonia give eminently sensible performances of these symphonies and at bargain price the...

Reviewed in issue 4/1987

Review of Britten (The) Turn of the Screw

Britten (The) Turn of the Screw

The discography of this work now runs to four versions, each a more-than-worthy representation of the piece. The latest derives...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 5/1999

Review of Mozart Keyboard Works

Mozart Keyboard Works

There are not many pianists around today as interesting and as musically aware as Andras Schiff, and I was curious...

Reviewed by Stanley Sadie in issue: 5/1992

Review of Mozart Church Sonatas

Mozart Church Sonatas

Mozart’s 17 church sonatas were composed for liturgical use at Salzburg Cathedral between 1772 and 1780. Mozart would have performed...

Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 7/2006

Review of Edward Bairstow Choral Works

Edward Bairstow Choral Works

''The Lord is the strength of my countenance'': hearing Bairstow's vigorous setting of the line one thinks of the strength...

Reviewed in issue 6/1993

Review of Mahler Symphony No 4

Mahler Symphony No 4

If Pierre Boulez's Mahler series has had its highs and lows, to what extent are these more properly attributable to...

Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 5/2000

Review of Beethoven/Haydn/Mozart Lieder

Beethoven/Haydn/Mozart Lieder

Robert Holl's grave, imposing bass-baritone is most effectively heard here in the more declamatory and dramatic songs, notably Beethoven's Gellert...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 3/2000


 

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