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O Magnum Mysterium
(Robert) Shaw Chamber Singers | (Robert) Shaw Festival Singers | Robert Shaw
This compilation of unaccompanied choral music is a tribute to Robert Shaw, one of the world’s great choir trainers. He...
Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 1/2001
Dvorák Symphonic Poems
Neeme Järvi | Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Originally issued as 'fillers' (what a demeaning expression that is!) to Jarvi's symphony cycle, the four tone-poems that Dvorak wrote...
Reviewed by jswain in issue: 4/1990
Russian Images, Volume 2
Alexander Blok | Alexei Kropotov | Vassily Savenko
This is a recital sombre in mood, Glinka’s splendid ‘Travelling Song’ being virtually the only piece of merriment. Alexander Blok,...
Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: /2000
Ivana Gavric - In the Mists
Sarajevo-born Ivana Gavrić says that she hopes that this CD “will serve as a journey through pieces that are suffused...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 11/2010
BRAHMS Complete Liebeslieder Walzer. Hungarian Dances
Angela Gassenhuber | Berlin RIAS Chamber Choir | Justin Doyle | Philip Mayers
Brahms’s hearty Liebeslieder Waltzes offer two distinct experiences: soloists relaxing with charming, intelligent music without great technical demands, and choruses...
Reviewed by David Patrick Stearns in issue: 12/2022
LISZT Complete Piano Music: Dances (Filipec)
The more I continued listening to this recital, the more I felt that it was one of the finest all-Liszt...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 09/2018
Dvorák Slavonic Dances
Chamber Orchestra of Europe | Nikolaus Harnoncourt
First‚ a simple test case: the Slavonic Dance No 15 in C‚ Op 72 No 7. Nikolaus Harnoncourt an the...
Reviewed in issue 7/2002
Great Pianists of the 20th Century - André Watts
The inclusion of the American pianist Andre Watts in Philips’s Great Pianists of the Twentieth Century series will, I suspect,...
Reviewed by Tim Parry in issue: 8/1999
Eileen Farrell sings Opera Arias and Songs
Eileen Farrell | George Trovillo | Philharmonia Orchestra | Thomas Schippers
The note-writer here tells us that, when Corelli, no mean vocal athlete himself, came off stage from rehearsing Gioconda with...
Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 8/1996
SCULTHORPE Island Songs EDWARDS Full Moon Dances
Amy Dickson | Benjamin Northey | Miguel Harth-Bedoya | Sydney Symphony Orchestra
Sydney-born, London-based classical saxophonist Amy Dickson’s latest release is a terrific musical tribute to her home country, comprising premiere recordings...
Reviewed by William Yeoman in issue: 02/2016
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