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Barley (The) Silver Swan
Cellists like to get together to form multi-cello ensembles; in making a disc in which he’s the sole performer, Matthew...
Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 13/2003
Eastern Europe - A musical Journey
The Albanian violinist Alda Dizdari, has been featured as Gramophone’s “One to Watch” (5/11) and this disc, taken from a...
Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 10/2011
Cilèa Adriana Lecouvreur
Handsomely produced, notably well conducted and with two famous and favourite artists in the leading female roles, this performance seems...
Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 12/2000
Brahms Cello Sonatas
Stephen Hough | Steven Isserlis
In 1984 Steven Isserlis made excellent recordings for Hyperion of the Brahms sonatas with Peter Evans (4/86 – nla); this...
Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 1/2006
Menotti Amahl and the Night Visitors
It seems astonishing that an opera so universally popular has been so badly served on record. Amahl and the Night...
Reviewed by Peter Dickinson in issue: 3/2009
Haydn Symphonies, Vol.13
Goodman and the Hanover Band give predictably urgent, inspiriting readings of these three Salomon symphonies, emphasizing the music's sharp contours,...
Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 8/1993
Wagner Orchestral Works
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra | Claudio Abbado
Abbado conducts a strong performance of the Tannhäuser overture, with the pilgrims pacing on their way in a particularly solemn...
Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 11/2003
Tallis Lamentations of Jeremiah
Peter Phillips | Tallis Scholars
The Tallis Scholars' third recording of music by Tallis is a worthy successor to their two earlier selections, the motets...
Reviewed by mberry in issue: 5/1992
Adams On the Transmigration of Souls
When I first heard this 25-minute Pulitzer Prize- winning musical response to 9/11 at the Proms last year, I was...
Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 10/2004
Schoeck Unter Sternen
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau | Hartmut Höll
The two books of Unter Sternen comprise some 25 songs in all. It was begun late in 1941 when Schoeck...
Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 12/1986
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