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Trio Sonatas in the course of this year. From The Parley of Instruments directed by Peter Holman will come a set of 15 works by William Boyce whilst Robert King and The King's Consort have recorded the six works by J. S. Bach.

International Classical Record Collector is the magazine from Gramophone that reflects all aspects of collecting classical music recordings from the past, from cylinders through 78s and analogue LPs to historic reissues on CD. The first issue was published in May 1995 (summer) and is now out of...

The Romanian soprano Angela Gheorghiu, who made such a positive impression as Violetta in the Covent Garden production and Decca recording (8/95) of La traviata, has made her first solo recital for Decca, with whom she is embarking on a contract. At very short notice, Decca went to Turin in...

Carlton Classics are unveiling a new disc devoted to two hitherto unrecorded works by two well-known composers, Tchaikovsky and Prokofiev. Tchaikovsky is represented by his oratorio Ode To Joy (to the same words as Beethoven's setting in his Ninth Symphony), his final student work written for his...