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Schubert Octet
Academy of Ancient Music Chamber Ensemble
This is a fresh and appealing version of the Octet, going some way towards proving the point made in the...
Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 5/1990
Stanford Clarinet Sonata
Spooky: no sooner had I dug out Thea King’s affectionate 1980 Hyperion recording of the Stanford Clarinet Sonata following the...
Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 13/2007
(The) English Rachmaninov
All Saints Margaret Street Church Choir | Paul Brough
In October 1924 Rachmaninov, on tour in Britain, went to the church of All Saints, Margaret Street, in central London...
Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 4/2006
Bellini La Sonnambula
These two CDs originate from the 1957 Columbia mono recording and, in reviewing the digitally remastered LPs in June, I...
Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 9/1986
Venice Preserv'd
Academy of Ancient Music | Christopher Hogwood | Emma Kirkby | Judith Nelson | Nigel Rogers
This delightful selection of lesser-known sacred vocal and instrumental pieces by Monteverdi, the Gabrielis and a number of other Venetians,...
Reviewed by Iain Fenlon in issue: 8/1991
Tapestry
All the works here have been written for this remarkable duo and exploit their colouristic range and integration of timbres...
Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 4/2004
Toscanini Collection, Vol.33
Arturo Toscanini | Carlton Cooley | NBC Symphony Orchestra
Toscanini brings a certain classical poise as well as passion to Harold in Italy until the final ''Orgy of the...
Reviewed in issue 11/1992
Round the Town - A Night at the London Music Halls
Much as I love the songs of the British music-hall tradition, the bar to full enjoyment has always been the...
Reviewed by Andrew Lamb in issue: 12/2000
Beethoven Diabelli Variations
Wilhelm von Lenz described the Diabelli Variations as “a satire on their theme”. It’s an apt summation, for what could...
Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 1/2009
Wagner (Die) Meistersinger von Nürnberg -Excerpts
I first heard Wagner’s comedy at the fourth and last performance of the now-legendary revival conducted by Beecham as part...
Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 8/2003
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