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Vivaldi Choral Works
Recorded in 1976 and 1977, these are truly period performances, if in a different sense from usual: large forces, full-bodied...
Reviewed in issue 7/1999
Prokofiev Romeo and Juliet Suite
Philadelphia Orchestra | Riccardo Muti
The very opening of Suite No. 1 bites home sharply, the more so at high level on CD, but then...
Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 2/1984
Bach's Family: Choral Motets
Frieder Bernius | Stuttgart Chamber Choir
The setting of Nun danket alle Gott by Altnickol was once erroneously ascribed to his father-in-law: thus accorded a place...
Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 09/2019
BEETHOVEN Symphony No 3 (Tessa Uys, Ben Schoeman)
I thought I was not going to enjoy this. Beethoven’s Eroica arranged for piano duet – one of the most...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: AW21
PICKARD The Gardener of Aleppo (Nash Ensemble)
Gareth Hulse | Nash Ensemble | Philippa Davies | Susan Bickley
The seven works on this terrifically played, imaginatively programmed disc cover over 30 years of John Pickard’s career. They are...
Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 09/2020
BERG Wozzeck
Everyone involved in this November 2010 live filming from the Bolshoi – Greek conductor, Russian director, Austrian and American leads...
Reviewed by Mike Ashman in issue: 12/2012
Verdi Requiem
The packaging of Abbado's Verdi Requiem passes the Trades Description Act with flying colours. A soft-focus crucifix bathed in misty...
Reviewed by hfinch in issue: 10/1986
Verdi Simon Boccanegra
It's a good year for Simon Boccanegra. First Glydebourne, in Sussex and at the Proms, then a CD release of...
Reviewed by hfinch in issue: 9/1986
WEBER Silvana
There can’t be many operas in which the heroine sings not a word. Auber’s La Muette de Portici has its...
Reviewed by Richard Lawrence in issue: 07/2015
TANGUY Chamber Works
Ambroise Aubrun | Cecilia Tsan | Elissa Johnston | Martin Chalifour | Steven Vanhauwaert
Usually, contemporary composers’ works are promoted by one or two labels, but the discography of Éric Tanguy (b1968) is remarkably...
Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 11/2022
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