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Brahms Cello Sonatas

This was Leonard Rose's last recording, made at the Chateau de Malesherbes, France, in August 1982. The booklet includes a...

Reviewed by Joan Chissell in issue: 4/1989

Debussy; Turina Orchestral Works

There are great classic analogue recordings of Ibéria from Reiner (RCA‚ 1/90R)‚ Haitink (Philips‚ 3/94)‚ and Paray (Mercury‚ 6/95R)‚...

Reviewed in issue 3/2002

Bernstein Orchestral & Vocal Works

This belated 'memorial' issue brings together two of Bernstein's most successful concert works (written more than 30 and taped nearly...

Reviewed in issue 6/1994

Il Fàsolo?

This CD recreates music that lies only just within the shadows of musicological research. For one thing, the identity of...

Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 2/2003

Brahms Symphonies Nos 1 & 3

Thank heavens for such independent labels as Biddulph, Tahra, Dante Lys, Pearl, Dutton, APR and others like them, for were...

Reviewed in issue 6/1999

Paul Tortelier

The Tortelier/Beecham version of Don Quixote first appeared on CD in harness with Sir Thomas's account of the suite from...

Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 12/1995

Bach Complete Harpsichord Concertos

This newly compiled two-CD album from Decca – I’m happy that the lyre-bird logo of Editions de l’Oiseau-Lyre has survived,...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 13/1998

Schumann Szenen aus Goethes Faust

Amidst a host of treasured Aldeburgh memories dating right back to the festival's inception, nothing in my mind glows more...

Reviewed by Joan Chissell in issue: 7/1990

Stravinsky Ballet Scores

The current Gramophone Compact Disc Guide & Catalogue lists five Petrushkas and six versions of the Rite of Spring. Only...

Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 4/1987

Weill Orchestral Works

Weill's Violin Concerto, although composed four years before Die Dreigroschenoper, is a definite precursor of the sound we associate with...

Reviewed by Patrick O'Connor in issue: 2/1994

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