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Riley, T In C
Ars Nova Copenhagen | Paul Hillier | Percurama
It’s a bitter pill indeed when a piece you greatly admire is suddenly yanked in a fundamentally different direction by...
Reviewed by Philip_Clark in issue: 4/2007
Berlin Cabaret Songs Ute Lemper (In English)
Matrix Ensemble | Robert Ziegler | Ute Lemper
Ute Lemper has advanced by leaps and bounds since her early records, her voice has gained strength but so has...
Reviewed by Patrick O'Connor in issue: 4/1997
Philippe de Monte Choral Works
Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Oxford | Stephen Darlington
What a feast for lovers of Renaissance polyphony‚ and‚ to my knowledge‚ the only available recording at present of Philippe...
Reviewed in issue 4/2002
Great Operatic Arias, Vol 18 - Jennifer Larmore
David Parry | Jennifer Larmore | Philharmonia Orchestra
Versatility, and by implication variety, are the qualities very naturally chosen by Rodney Milnes, writer of the introductory notes, to...
Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 7/2007
Mozart Le nozze di Figaro; Some Variant Versions
There is no shortage of Figaros, even very good Figaros, on record, but here we have what is, I believe,...
Reviewed by Stanley Sadie in issue: 12/1988
Victoria and the Music of Imperial Spain
Here is a fine debut recording from a promising new British choir. Admittedly the selection of voices that make up...
Reviewed in issue 5/1992
Arnold Wind Concertos
Alan Civil | Bournemouth Sinfonietta | Gordon Hunt | Janet Hilton | John Wallace | Norman Del Mar
Unless he is Berlioz, a composer with a taste for the individuality of his instruments (and thus a good orchestral...
Reviewed in issue 8/1985
Bach Cantata No 203; Cantata Arias
This Bach triptych represents a major consolidation of recorded material, most of it previously languishing on the furthest shelf of...
Reviewed by Jonathan Freeman-Attwood in issue: 3/2000
Satie Piano Music
The cool clarity of this CD recording is appropriate for Satie's music, especially the Gymnopedies and Gnossiennes, which here seem...
Reviewed in issue 10/1984
Shostakovich Concerto for Violin and Orchestra; Sonata for Violin and Piano
Alexei Grynyuk | Benjamin Wallfisch | Philharmonia Orchestra | Ruth Palmer
Here is an enterprising issue, and then some. Clearly self-publicity is a large part of it, and no one I’m...
Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 13/2006
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