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Cherubini Overtures

In his useful little book on Cherubini (Oxford: 1965), Basil Deane claims that ''in no other aspect of his work...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 5/1990

Mozart Piano Concertos 15 & 22

The first thing that struck me in this performance of K450 is the deliberate tempo of the first movement; and...

Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 11/1987

Beethoven Piano Sonatas

The two sonatas coupled on this recording present a striking contrast between the somewhat carefree lyricism of the A major...

Reviewed in issue 4/1994

Biber/Muffat Sonatas

This is a well-chosen programme of sonatas by Biber and Muffat. Biber is represented by four pieces from his 1676...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 10/1994

Satie Orchestral & Vocal Works

More honoured in the histories of music than in the hearing, Satie's Socrate is truer to his description of it...

Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 12/1994

Crusell Clarinet Concertos

Bernhard Crusell was regarded as the outstanding clarinet composer/virtuoso of his time (the turn of the 18th century into the...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 4/2009

Martinuo (The) Complete Music for Violin and Orchestra,Vol 4

Martinu's two violin concertos have very different histories. The First was created for Dushkin in 1931, much tinkered with over...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 13/2008

Mozart, L Symphonies

It was not too grievous a loss to music when in the 1760s Leopold Mozart decided to give up composition...

Reviewed by Stanley Sadie in issue: 2/2004

Baroque Oboe Works

The Sonata, BWV1030, belongs to the transverse flute but its appropriation here is not simply a matter of filling a...

Reviewed by John Duarte in issue: 8/1989

Maria Chiara - (The) Decca Recitals

The Chiara triptych – the three recital programmes recorded by this admired lyric soprano in the 1970s – is assembled...

Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 3/2005

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