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Rosa Ponselle (1897-1981)
These records in Romophone's Vol. 1 bring back the memory of a mortifying discovery I made at the impressionable age...
Reviewed in issue 11/1994
Bartók Bluebeard's Castle
Chicago Symphony Orchestra | Jessye Norman | László Polgár | Nicholas Simon | Pierre Boulez
One of the principal differences between Boulez’s latest Bluebeard’s Castle and his 1976 analogue recording for Sony relates to dramatic...
Reviewed in issue 8/1998
Birtwistle Punch and Judy
It’s almost 40 years since the 1968 premiere of Punch and Judy, celebrated in legend as a rude gesture in...
Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 9/2007
Bo Nilsson A Spirit's Whisper
To most readers, the name of Bo Nilsson is likely to be just that; he was one of a succession...
Reviewed in issue 7/1998
HAYDN; SCHUBERT 'Live at Esterházy Palace' (Grigory Sokolov)
DG is making the most of its signing of Grigory Sokolov, one of the world’s greatest pianists and perhaps its...
Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 06/2022
HARVEY Wagner Dream
Avoiding the more prosaic title, Wagner’s Dream, Jonathan Harvey and his librettist Jean-Claude Carrière identify their true theme: a 21st-century...
Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 06/2012
Debussy String Quartet; Sonata for Flute, Viola & Harp
The Platinum series from ASV‚ released to celebrate the company’s 21st birthday‚ is an object lesson in imaginative mining...
Reviewed in issue 9/2002
Pergolesi Salve Regina; Stabat Mater
David Daniels | Dorothea Röschmann | Europa Galante | Fabio Biondi
Fabio Biondi has recorded Pergolesi’s Stabat mater before, when he led the small band on a René Clemenic Accord recording...
Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 1/2007
Chambonnièes Suites, Pavannes & Preludes
I suppose there must must have been discs in the past entirely devoted to the harpsichord music of Chambonnieres but...
Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 4/1993
BARTÓK; HINDEMITH; PROKOFIEV Solo Violin Sonatas
This follow-up to Feng’s 2010 collection ‘Solo’ (11/10) has more of a musical thesis running through it than its predecessor’s...
Reviewed by Caroline Gill in issue: AW2013
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