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Holst (The) Planets
David Nettle | Richard Markham
Whatever the genesis of The Planets (the keyboard version came first as a working copy from which the scoring...
Reviewed by Nalen Anthoni in issue: 5/2009
Leoncavallo Pagliacci
By now the last ripples from the “Collection” article on Pagliacci (3/08) will have died down and the time has...
Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 8/2008
Bach: Goldberg Variations
This is the third and most recent recording of Bach's Goldberg Variations to have been made by Gustav Leonhardt (the...
Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 11/1990
Tavener Eternity's Sunrise
The subtitle of John Tavener’s Petra is ‘a ritual dream’; much of his music is dream-like and ritualized, the music...
Reviewed in issue 5/1999
(The) Russian Opera Album
Jochen Kowalski | Michail Jurowski | Olga Schalaeva | Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra
Kowalski’s remarkable voice has proved adaptable to many demands‚ and they are certainly varied here – Chloe (duetting with Olga...
Reviewed in issue 9/2002
Mozart - (The) Supreme Decorator
Charles Mackerras | Diana Montague | Elizabeth Futral | Hanover Band | Majella Cullagh
Skill in the art of embellishment was a prime requisite for any Baroque or Classical singer. Quoting the treatise by...
Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 12/2005
Schubert Piano Sonatas
There can't be many less showy pianists on today's concert scene than Andras Schiff. That very refusal to draw attention...
Reviewed by Stephen Johnson in issue: 10/1994
Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique
Anima Eterna Orchestra | Jos van Immerseel
This new project continues the work of rediscovering the “original” Symphonie fantastique started by the records made since 1988 by...
Reviewed by Mike Ashman in issue: 5/2010
Adelina Patti
Adelina Patti | Alfredo Barili | Landon Ronald
This is a major addition to the Pearl catalogue and to any private collection of great singers on CD. EMI...
Reviewed in issue 4/1990
Hoddinott Songs
Jeremy Huw Williams | Manon Williams | Nigel Foster
If the current catalogue is representative‚ the record companies have not been especially generous in regard to this prolific and...
Reviewed in issue 13/2002
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