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CD box set reviews

August 2017

  • Sviatoslav Richter in 1964

    Richter Plays Schubert CD review – he had a special affinity for introspective music

    An essential survey of Schubert’s sonatas, variations and miniatures, recorded between 1948 and 1963

January 2017

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart 225 review – all of Amadeus in one big box

    Everything that Mozart wrote, in a cleverly planned and comprehensive update of the 1991 set, including some genuine revelations

10 December 2015

  • David Bowie

    David Bowie: Five Years 1969-1973 box set review – wonderful overview of the Mick Ronson era

  • Lloyd Cole

    Lloyd Cole and the Commotions: Collected Recordings 1983-1989 box set review – dizzying, jangling pop journey

  • Photo of Karl HYDE and UNDERWORLD

    Underworld: Second Toughest in the Infants box set review – abstract, expansive art-techno

  • pop duo Erasure, circa 1990. They are keyboard player Vince Clarke and singer Andy Bell (right).

    Erasure: Always, The Very Best Of box set review – overlooked synth-pop masters

  • Bruce Springsteen: The Ties That Bind – The River Collection box set review – great outtakes and a joyous live DVD

  • The Velvet Underground: The Complete Matrix Tapes box set review – fascinating sound of a band stretching out

  • Lush: Chorus box set review – shoegaze with proper attitude

  • John Coltrane: A Love Supreme: The Complete Masters box set review – fullest version yet of a jazz touchstone

  • Alexis Petridis's album of the week
    Slade: When Slade Rocked the World 1971-1975 box set review – more complex than they get credit for

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