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(The) Hoxton Thirteen
Composers Ensemble | Peter Wiegold
With a booklet cover evoking something of Punk’s heyday‚ you might expect this disc to be an ‘in your...
Reviewed by Richard_Whitehouse in issue: 1/2002
Verdi Falstaff
Vintage 1956, Italian television, black and white, ‘the flicks’ appropriately named, with an occasional vertical line down the middle, and...
Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 7/2006
Britten/Heming/Rubbra Orchestral Works
Hallé Orchestra | John Barbirolli | Theo Olof
A fascinating and rewarding release. As Michael Kennedy’s extremely helpful booklet-essay relates, the history behind the recording of Britten’s Violin...
Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 5/1997
Albeniz Evocación
Fabian Spindler | Wulfin Lieske
Antonio de Torres (1817-92) was the god who created the classical guitar as we know it today, and the composer,...
Reviewed by William Yeoman in issue: 13/2010
Mercadante Maria Stuarda, regina di Scozia
Mercadante, we remember (or not), had time out in Spain, returning to the operatic scene in 1832 with formidable mastery...
Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 6/2007
Schumann Symphonies Nos 1 and 4
An enjoyable, but ultimately undistinctive cycle from Jordan; Klemperer at both his inspired best and his infuriating worst; and the...
Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 12/1990
Barber Scenes and Arias
Edo de Waart | Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra | Roberta Alexander
This follow up to Roberta Alexander's Etcetera disc of Barber songs with piano (9/88) will be welcomed by the composer's...
Reviewed in issue 6/1993
Messiaen Harawi
Messiaen has described Harawi as the first panel of his 'Tristan-triptych', the others being Turangalila and the Cinq rechants. One...
Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 6/1985
Sullivan Pineapple Poll; Symphony in E
David Lloyd-Jones | Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
A coupling of these works has never appeared before. Yet Mackerras’s medley of Savoy melodies provides an ideal appetiser for...
Reviewed by Andrew Lamb in issue: 11/2007
Gieseking First Concerto Recordings, Vol.2
Gieseking the classical stylist in Liszt? In fact his account of Liszt’s First Concerto is one of the most illuminating...
Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 3/1996
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