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Sørensen Sterbende Gärten;Echoing Garden

This disc is something special. Bent Sorensen (b. 1958) is almost frighteningly talented. A pupil of both Norholm and Norgard...

Reviewed in issue 6/1996

Luciano Pavarotti - Anniversary

Pavarotti celebrates the 25th anniversary of his operatic debut as Rodolfo at Reggio Emilia. We celebrate with him as the...

Reviewed in issue 9/1986

Sumera Cello Concerto; Symphony No 6

This was my first encounter with the music of Lepo Sumera (1950-2000). His is a communicative, urgently intense voice, which...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 11/2003

Pleyel Symphonies Concertantes

Haydn’s pupil Ignaz Pleyel is today remembered more as a publisher, piano maker and inventor of the miniature score than...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 9/2009

Rubinstein plays Chopin Mazurkas

The trouble with recording a cycle of works such as this is that the economics of today's recording schedules necessitates...

Reviewed by James Methuen-Campbell in issue: 9/1989

Vivaldi Opera Arias

Frédéric Delaméa’s booklet essay is entitled “The Sublime and the Tender”, which would have been a more appropriate title for...

Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 2/2007

Follow Goethe - Lieder after poems by Goethe

Not in so many words perhaps, but to roughly similar effect, this review might have begun with a summary such...

Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 13/1999

Great Cathedral Anthems, Vol. 7

‘Justice for Goss’ used to be a favourite rallying-cry of mine, one that brought few supporters and little encouragement until...

Reviewed in issue 5/1996

Ravel: Works for violin and piano

Despite respecting these cultivated and fresh readings enormously, I feel compelled to voice reservations about the recorded sound. The violin...

Reviewed in issue 7/1985

Shostakovich: Preludes & Fugues

For as long as I can remember there have been two pieces of received wisdom about Shostakovich's 24 Preludes and...

Reviewed by Stephen Johnson in issue: 3/1991

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