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Works for Piano and Orchestra

The generously-filled John Ogdon reissue will be welcomed by his friends—and no doubt by many others too since the Grieg...

Reviewed by Joan Chissell in issue: 11/1990

Ampico Piano Roll - Josef Lhévinne, Vol. 3

To get the best impression of Lhevinne's superb pianism, I advise starting with Side 2 of this record. On it,...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 9/1985

Purcell Dido & Aeneas

Another opera, lasting less than an hour, which swings so effortlessly from gently concordant characterisation to the depths of human...

Reviewed by Jonathan Freeman-Attwood in issue: 2/2004

Spring Music

As RL has pointed out in these pages before (7/88, 8/94), the Finnish composer Uuno Klami (1900-61) escaped the overbearing...

Reviewed in issue 12/1994

Blow Venus and Adonis

Philip Pickett's recent recordings have reflected an increased interest in under-represented masterpieces of the seventeenth century, though not, thankfully, at...

Reviewed by Jonathan Freeman-Attwood in issue: 7/1994

Fauré Piano Quintets Nos 1 and 2

These sensitive, strong, and finely integrated performances directly challenge Domus’s Gramophone Award-winning recording. Firstly, CPO’s sound and balance...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 10/1997

Couperin, A-L Pièces de clavecin

The New Grove Dictionary has entries on 10 musically active members of the Couperin dynasty, of whom Armand-Louis is, chronologically...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 7/2005

Schreker Irrelohe

It is good to see the upsurge of interest in Schreker's operas. Ten years ago his representation in the catalogue...

Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 12/1995

Sibelius Symphonies Nos 1 & 7

Sir Alexander Gibson has recorded both symphonies before, though not coupled together. The First Symphony occupied the whole of one...

Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 1/1984

Duruflé Sacred Choral Works

Similar as the above two headings may look, there are two different versions here of the Requiem, Corboz adopting the...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 4/1987

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