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Nyman Suit the Photograph. 3 Quartets. String Quartet No 4.
(Michael) Nyman Band | Camilli Quartet | Michael Nyman
Those who admired Nyman’s first three string quartets (Argo, 8/91), will find much to enjoy in this, his Fourth. In...
Reviewed by Michael Stewart in issue: 8/1998
J. Wilson Songs
Drew Minter | Newberry Consort
No one would describe the mid seventeenth century as a Golden Age for English music. Political turmoil, natural disasters and...
Reviewed in issue 5/1990
Brahms Symphony No 2; Double Concerto
Bernard Haitink | Gordan Nicolitch | London Symphony Orchestra | Tim Hugh
Labels such as LSO Live bring altered priorities and fresh perspectives. When did a studio-based company last contemplate recording Brahms’s...
Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 3/2004
Orff Die Kluge; Der Mond
On the surface it would seem that Die Kluge and Der Mond make ideal bed-fellows—both are allegorical fairy-tale operas using...
Reviewed by Michael Stewart in issue: 3/1991
Music for Tudor Kings
Hilliard Ensemble | New London Consort
These two recordings were made 20 years apart, the first being a compilation of two Saga Classics LPs. Those familiar...
Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 6/2008
A Tribute to Elgar, Delius and Holst
Black Dyke Mills Band | Peter Parkes
If the calendar has anything to do with it, 1984 would of course have been the year to pay a...
Reviewed in issue 9/1986
Glenda Maurice at Wigmore Hall
Glenda Maurice | Graham Johnson
Interest here centres on the songs by Vaughan Williams and Theodore Chanler. The Four Last Songs were written between 1954...
Reviewed in issue 5/1992
Mozart Sinfonia Concertante, K364; Concertone, K190
Eloquent soloists and delightfully pointed contributions from all members of the ECO under Sir Alexander Gibson's direction bring us highly...
Reviewed in issue 7/1984
John Cage at Summerstage
Joan La Barbara | John Cage | Leonard Stein | William Winant
This is a memento of an extraordinary occasion – John Cage’s last concert appearance on July 23rd, 1992, in the...
Reviewed by Peter Dickinson in issue: 3/2000
Schütz Motets
Craig Smith | Emmanuel Music Chorus
These two releases (both of which present a number of works not otherwise in the catalogue) make a useful complementary...
Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 5/1992
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