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Pierné Piano Concerto

Following on from Laurent Wagschal’s recent disc of Pierné’s piano music (Timpani, 2/11, including the sombre and magnificent Variations, for...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 3/2011

Prin Concertos

The Greek legendary aura surrounding the three titles on this disc suggests the possibility of music couched in the yawn­inducing...

Reviewed in issue 3/2002

Mozart Concert Arias

This delightful soprano's name appears in the current Classical Catalogue in some Masses and cantatas and in the most recent...

Reviewed in issue 12/1994

Brahms Piano Works

Though several recordings of Brahms's piano music have come my way recently, none until this has done the sensible thing...

Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 8/1992

Prokofiev Piano Works

The Prokofiev centenary (1991) brought a flood of recorded tributes reminding us of artistic limitation as well as scintillating virtue....

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 3/1995

Bach Cello Suites BWV 1007 - 1009

Jean-Marc Apap has a varied background in which jazz, gypsy music and Argentine tangos have played important parts; his performances...

Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 9/2006

Mozart Piano Concertos

These are clear and stylish readings, well up to the standard that Howard Shelley has set in his previous Mozart...

Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 6/1994

Balada Piano Concerto No. 3; Concierto Magico

The booklet cover picture of Gaudí’s cathedral is apt. Leonardo Balada was born in 1933 in Barcelona‚ where he graduated...

Reviewed in issue 11/2001

Stabat mater - Late Medieval Motets of Penitence & Passion

This is the debut recording of Cantores, a mixed English choir of about 16, originally from Exeter. Penitential music is...

Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 1/2000

Hol Symphonies 1 & 3

A respected figure in his native Netherlands, Richard Hol (or Rijk Holle) was known in his lifetime (1825-1904) largely as...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 5/2000

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