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Spanish Orchestral works
Guillermo González | Tenerife Symphony Orchestra | Victor Pablo Pérez
In the last twelvemonth there have been several Nights in the gardens of Spain reissues, but, surprisingly at a time...
Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 7/1992
Jacques (The) Gorey End
(The) Tiger Lillies | Kronos Quartet
The Tiger Lillies, in conjunction with theatre directors Julian Crouch and Phelim McDermott, created the ‘junk opera’ Shockheaded Peter. Based...
Reviewed by Patrick O'Connor in issue: 8/2003
Paul Plishka sings Ukranian Songs
To create a yardstick for myself before listening to these three new CDs I enjoyed first the miraculous Mercury recording,...
Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 11/1992
Messiaen Eclairs sur l'au-delà
Myung-Whun Chung | Paris Opéra-Bastille Orchestra
When Jade stole a march on DG by getting their live version of Eclairs sur l'Au-Dela out first, I suggested...
Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 12/1994
Haydn Symphonies, Vol.16
The Hanover Band follow their inspiriting performances of Nos. 82-84 (10/92) with comparably vivid, exciting readings of the remaining three...
Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 11/1994
Campo Violin Concerto; Kinderball; Livres de Sonates; Rondo
Never heard of Regis Campo (b.1968) ? Neither had I, but on the evidence of this disc I'm eager to...
Reviewed by Michael Stewart in issue: 1/2000
Grandi Motets for Five Voices
Celestial Sirens | Musica Secreta
Like the fools in the poem by Goldsmith, I came to scoff and remain’d – well, not to pray, but...
Reviewed by Richard Lawrence in issue: 2/2008
Schumann Piano Works
Though in the UK still bestknown and acclaimed for earlier classical repertory‚ elsewhere – not forgetting the Salzburg Festival –...
Reviewed in issue 7/2002
Mozart Eine Abendserenade
This latest recording of K375, the Serenade Mozart wrote “rather carefully” in 1781 to impress a court official, and with...
Reviewed in issue 1/1998
Dohnányi Works for Cello
(Nicolaus) Esterházy Sinfonia | Jenö Jandó | Maria Kliegel | Michael Halász
Dohnanyi was a master of musical half-smiles and the quizzical opening to the theme-and- variations finale of his Cello Sonata...
Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 4/2000
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