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Mertz Bardic Sounds

Johann Kaspar Mertz (1806-56), born in Pressburg (now Bratislava), was one of the leading guitar virtuosos of the mid-nineteenth century...

Reviewed by John Duarte in issue: 10/1994

Vecchi (L')Amfiparnaso

Performing a cohesive piece of 16th-century musical comedy is a challenge at the best of times. It is especially tough...

Reviewed by Jonathan Freeman-Attwood in issue: 8/2004

Diepenbrock Symphonic Songs

I allowed myself a cautious 'if' and 'but' or two when welcoming the first volume of Chandos's bravely risk-taking Diepenbrock...

Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 4/1991

Scarlatti Keyboard Sonatas

Staier’s previous Scarlatti records (Deutsche Harmonia Mundi, 2/92 and 3/93) had aroused in me a keen anticipation for more, which...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 7/1996

Mendelssohn: Orchestral Works

Saint-Eustache in Montreal is such a marvellous recording venue that the effect of the dancing strings at the opening of...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 7/1987

Myaskovsky Complete Symphonic Works, Vol 6:

Olympia’s Myaskovsky intégrale has now reached the Sixth‚ an epic work often rated his magnum opus‚ not least in the...

Reviewed in issue 9/2002

Tartini Violin Concertos, Vol 11

The third chapter of Hyperion's ambitious Purcell journey has begun in earnest with 28 solo songs from a total of...

Reviewed by Jonathan Freeman-Attwood in issue: 9/1994

Prokofiev Romeo & Juliet Suites

This is not the first version of the two orchestral suites drawn from the Romeo and Juliet ballet where balletic...

Reviewed in issue 5/1989

Bruckner Symphony No 6

The CD cover shot has Sir Roger Norrington looking at the camera, hands spread wide as if to say “That’s...

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 11/2008

Schubert String Quartets, Vol. 8

These are spacious, fine-toned performances of two of the four quartets Schubert wrote in his 17th year. The Leipzig Quartet...

Reviewed in issue 1/1998

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