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Arámbarri Orchestral Works

Following Guridi (Naxos, 6/03) and Sorozábal (Claves, 7/03), Jesús Arámbarri (1902-60) becomes my third Basque composer in quick succession. He...

Reviewed by Andrew Lamb in issue: 11/2003

Rossini Adelaide di Borgogna

This fine new recording brings yet another neglected Rossini opera back into view. He composed Adelaide di Borgogna for Rome...

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 3/2007

Busoni (6) Sonatinas; Indian Diary; Toccata

Few composers have gone their way with a more resolute indifference to popular appeal than Busoni. ‘A kind of musical...

Reviewed in issue 4/2002

Weill - Charming Weill: Dance Band Arrangements

The American numbers here remind me of Michael Bennett’s 1978 musical Ballroom, set in a seedy Bronx dance hall. What...

Reviewed by Andrew Lamb in issue: 4/2001

Haydn Flute Trios

“Nothing very special... a simple bagatelle to amuse you in moments of extreme boredom”, was Haydn’s own offhand description of...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 1/1996

Prokofiev/Stravinsky Violin Concertos

So what’s new? Perlman has recorded all of these works at least once before, and these very recordings of the...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 7/1997

Brahms String Quartets

Whereas the C minor and B flat major Quartets were recorded at sessions in a Swiss church, the A minor...

Reviewed by Joan Chissell in issue: 2/1994

Blavet Flute Sonatas

The music of Michel Blavet, a younger contemporary of Leclair and Rameau, has received scant attention by recording companies, so...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 8/1986

Oh Merry Melancholy

The German lutenist Joachim Held has since 1996 been engaged in recording a survey of Renaissance and Baroque solo repertoire....

Reviewed by Julie Anne Sadie in issue: 13/2010

Brahms Piano Works

Some 40 years separate the intimately personal miniatures opening this disc from the F sharp minor Sonata with which Ax...

Reviewed by Joan Chissell in issue: 6/1996

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