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Prisms of Renewal

This superlative disc is a splendid calling-card for the New York-based independent label Boreas. With Lance Andrews at the engineering...

Reviewed by Malcolm Riley in issue: 6/2010

Bach French Suites

Edward Aldwell has a good reputation as a Bach pianist, especially in America, and hearing this recording I can see...

Reviewed by Tim Parry in issue: 7/2000

Holst Orchestral Works

Another splendid trawl through the treasurable Lyrita back-catalogue. Here's an uncommonly wide-ranging and generous selection of Holstian delights, encompassing music...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 4/1993

Piano recital

After Barry Douglas's recent RCA concerto debut in the Tchaikovsky (RL89968; CD RD89968, 1/87), now a solo recital—with Pictures at...

Reviewed by Joan Chissell in issue: 5/1987

Tchaikovsky Orchestral Works

Tchaikovsky asked for ''as many strings as possible'' for the performance of his string Serenade, one of his out-and-out masterpieces....

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 3/1991

Walton Troilus and Cressida

This is an opera which, I confess, has obsessed me for over 40 years, ever since I saw the first...

Reviewed in issue 5/1995

Beethoven Piano Sonatas Nos 13, 14 and 30

The conditions Maria João Pires finds necessary for the realisation of her ideals are her business‚ not ours‚ so while...

Reviewed by kYlzrO1BaC7A in issue: 1/2002

Mussorgsky Boris Godunov

This is the first time this desirable set has been generally available in this country and it has been well...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 12/1996

Venables Songs

Ian Venables is an English composer not hitherto represented in the CD catalogue, yet he has a substantial reputation and...

Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 4/2000

Mendelssohn Violin Sonatas

Mendelssohn's F minor Violin Sonata bears the influence of Beethoven and Mozart, and this is perhaps what one would expect...

Reviewed in issue 8/1987

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