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Berlioz Lélio, ou Le Retour à la vie
Lélio, Berlioz’s dramatic sequel to the Symphonie fantastique, is never going to command wide popularity, but it is well worth...
Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 9/2007
The Russian Soul - Songs
It is well worth rising above the idiotic title of this record: here is a perfectly intelligent, interestingly varied recital...
Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 3/1998
French Works for Two Pianos
Boston Symphony Orchestra | Katia Labèque | Marielle Labèque | Seiji Ozawa
The Concerto for two pianos begins here with tremendous attack, reminding me more than usual of the Balinese gamelan which...
Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 8/1991
Slavonic Choral Works
If the term Missa brevis implies a work of slender dimensions intended for everyday use, then Kodaly's choice of that...
Reviewed in issue 2/1989
Shore (The) Departed - OST
G E Smith | Howard Shore | Larry Saltzman | Marc Ribot | Sharon Isbin | Studio orchestra
For Martin Scorsese's new thriller of duplicitous goings-on on the murkier side of Boston, Howard Shore has come up with...
Reviewed by Adrian Edwards in issue: 2/2007
Dvorak; Suk Violin Works
Pavel Sporcl has established himself on disc as the most charismatic of young Czech violinists, spontaneously imaginative and individual in...
Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 3/2007
Bliss Orchestral Works
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra | Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra | Vernon Handley
A welcome and generous CD re-assembly. The colour of Bliss's music gains from the precision and wide dynamic range of...
Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 9/1987
Bach Solo Violin Works for Guitar
The compass of the guitar is similar to that of the cello and, though one octave lower, that of the...
Reviewed by John Duarte in issue: 9/1989
Forgotten Provence
Here is a true beakerful of the warm south: four centuries of song from herb-scented Provence, songs of love, songs...
Reviewed by mberry in issue: 3/1996
Bach St Matthew Passion
When he reviewed the LPs of this recording of Bach's St Matthew Passion, TH pointed out that Karl Richter's approach...
Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 2/1985
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