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Rossini Il barbiere di Siviglia
Abbado's Barbiere may only just have appeared on CD, but it is a good ten years older than Marriner's, and,...
Reviewed by hfinch in issue: 10/1986
Rawsthorne Chamber Works
Helen Roberts | John McCabe | Mark Messenger | Nadia Myerscough | Peter Adams | Yoshiko Endo
Naxos's fourth issue of Alan Rawsthorne's music presents us, again, with a disc brimming with high-quality music and superlative performances....
Reviewed by Michael Stewart in issue: 4/2000
C.P.E.Bach Sonatas for Viola da Gamba
Paolo Pandolfo | Rinaldo Alessandrini
C. P. E. Bach's two Sonatas for viola da gamba with continuo (Wq136 and 137) and the Sonata for gamba...
Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 12/1991
Rodrigo: Orchestral Works
Enrique Bátiz | Jorge Federico Osorio | Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Even the composer's greatest admirers—and I count myself among them—could hardly make out a strong case for the Concierto heroico...
Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 12/1986
Renée Fleming - Opera Arias
Charles Mackerras | London Philharmonic Orchestra | London Voices | Renée Fleming
After the Gramophone Award-winning success of Rusalka (Decca, 11/98), the next collaboration between Renee Fleming and Sir Charles Mackerras ought...
Reviewed in issue 2/2001
Mozart Piano Sonatas
Maria-Joao Pires presents these sonatas with clear yet lightly pedalled textures and an overall directness that still allows room for...
Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 3/1994
Vivaldi Arias & Concertos
Accademia Bizantina | Ottavio Dantone | Sonia Prina | Stefano Montanari
This new instalment of miscellaneous unpublished arias in Naïve’s Vivaldi Edition is accomplished, thoroughly researched and imaginative. Frédéric Delaméa compares...
Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 9/2008
A Window in Time, Vol 2
Given that the swish and fuzz of 78s are such an obvious turn-off for so many listeners, and that Rachmaninov’s...
Reviewed in issue 6/1999
Pavaniglia - Dances & Madrigals from 17th Century Italy
Andrew Lawrence-King | King's Noyse (The) | Paul O'Dette
This is a very engaging and well-constructed programme, containing some better-known pieces, but concentrating for the most part on Italian...
Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: /2000
Schoenberg Erwartung & Verklärte Nacht
Anja Silja | John Graham-Hall | Philharmonia Orchestra | Robert Craft
An entirely apposite coupling, with night reflecting the darkness of the soul in both instances. In Verklarte Nacht, emotional turmoil...
Reviewed by kYlzrO1BaC7A in issue: 4/2001
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