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Review of Schumann/Grieg String Quartets

Schumann/Grieg String Quartets

Special gratitude here, I think, for the very rarely heard G minor Quartet, Grieg's only complete work in the genre...

Reviewed by Joan Chissell in issue: 3/1992

Review of R. Strauss Orchestral Works

R. Strauss Orchestral Works

Whatever the rival claims of Dresden and Berlin, there is usually some special alchemy when the Vienna Philharmonic plays Richard...

Reviewed in issue 11/1993

Review of Børresen Violin Concerto, Op 11; Symphony No 1

Børresen Violin Concerto, Op 11; Symphony No 1

As Nils Dittmer observes in his fulsome accompanying notes, Hakon Borresen (1876-1954) is one of a clutch of Danish late...

Reviewed in issue 2/1998

Review of Beethoven Lieder

Beethoven Lieder

This fifth and final offering is a fitting close to the remarkable work for Decca of this superbly matched duo....

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 8/1996

Review of Jon Vickers - Four Operatic Portraits

Jon Vickers - Four Operatic Portraits

All the items from the 1984 Ottawa programme have been previously issued on VHS. They catch Vickers, near the end...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 4/2003

Review of Avison Concertos in Seven Parts

Avison Concertos in Seven Parts

Ralph Kirkpatrick regarded Charles Avison as ‘an excellent composer who is unjustly forgotten’. To the gramophile it certainly seems that...

Reviewed by John Duarte in issue: 5/2003

Review of Handel Organ Concertos, Op 4

Handel Organ Concertos, Op 4

Handel had already hinted at the prospect of the organ concerto with a spectacular movement in his early Italian oratorio...

Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 8/2005

Review of Mozart Chamber Works

Mozart Chamber Works

Sir Clifford Curzon was a Decca artist for the whole of his recording career, but he was not a prolific...

Reviewed in issue 4/1990

Review of Telemann Sonate Metodiche

Telemann Sonate Metodiche

No, the title is hardly an incentive to part with one’s pocket-money. But with Telemann we should know better than...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 5/1996

Review of Sances Dulcis amor Iesu

Sances Dulcis amor Iesu

Giovanni Felice Sances (c1600-79), who is now virtually forgotten, was something of an international star in his own lifetime. Roman...

Reviewed by Iain Fenlon in issue: 6/2010


 

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