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R. Strauss Lieder
Malcolm Martineau | Simon Keenlyside
First Schubert (8/94), now Strauss; Simon Keenlyside’s distinctive baritone and keen musical intelligence are making his successive additions to the...
Reviewed by hfinch in issue: 6/1996
Lilburn Orchestral Works
James Judd | New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
Here’s an engaging follow-up to this team’s admirable anthology devoted to the three Lilburn symphonies (Naxos, 8/02). Once again, I’m...
Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 12/2006
Bowen Works for Viola and Piano
Dutton Laboratories continue its exploration of York Bowen’s extensive and underrated output with this valuable survey of three early offerings...
Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 7/2003
Celebrating Bach
Bradley Creswick | Northern Sinfonia | Tim Garland
“The momentum created by Bach’s extended melodic lines” is the avowed inspiration for the two new works here by jazz...
Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 11/2009
Bartók String Quartets
Faultless intonation, rhythmical control, precise ensemble and matching of tone and style are obviously vital ingredients of fine quartet playing,...
Reviewed in issue 11/1987
(The) King's Musick from the Chapel Royal
(The) Sixteen | Harry Christophers | Symphony of Harmony and Invention
If only a handful of Purcell’s 80-odd anthems are established as church and concert pieces, then it is hardly surprising...
Reviewed by Jonathan Freeman-Attwood in issue: 11/2006
Glinka A Life for the Tsar
Proverbially ''the father of Russian opera'', Glinka completed his masterpiece in 1836, and A Life for the Tsar became one...
Reviewed in issue 6/1994
Handel Coronation Anthems
Quite a step into the past, with Thurston Dart discreetly at the harpsichord (though emerging wittily in The king shall...
Reviewed in issue 7/1985
Puccini Suor Angelica
With vivid and lifelike digital recording, with a beautifully-placed reading from Lamberto Gardelli, with characterization from the varied cast that...
Reviewed in issue 11/1983
Gates (A) Garland for Gatsby
Andrew Knights | Carducci Quartet | Philip Gates
Philip Gates was born in 1963 and stresses that, as a composer, he “puts great importance on the tonal and...
Reviewed by Andrew Lamb in issue: 8/2009
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