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Francaix Chamber Works

Jean Francaix had his first opus published in Paris in 1921, when he was nine. His music has remained an...

Reviewed by rnichols in issue: 11/2000

Sensemayá - Music of Silvestre Revueltas

As the titles of two of the present works indicate, Revueltas immersed himself in the traditions of the Maya Indians...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 4/1999

Rachmaninov Symphony No 1; Caprice bohèmien

A final act of daring in the symphony – the way Anissimov leads up to and lands us in the...

Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 11/1999

Berlioz: Choral Works

There is a fascinating, delightful and entertaining record to be made of some of Berlioz's smaller pieces for chorus. This...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 11/1989

Pizzetti Assassinio nella cattedrale

Assassinio nella cattedrale (1958) is the only Pizzetti opera to have been professionally staged in England though others have been...

Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 7/1998

English Lute Songs

Seventy minutes of countertenor may not be everyone's idea of fun, but Robin Blaze has the special ingredients to transcend...

Reviewed by Jonathan Freeman-Attwood in issue: 3/2000

Ockeghem Chansons

In his recent review of Ockeghem’s discography (12/97, page 46), DF deplored the imbalance between the sacred music and the...

Reviewed in issue 5/1998

Seiber String Quartets Nos 1 - 3

“A skeleton biography” is how Seiber pupil Hugh Wood describes the three string quartets, and in a highly informative booklet-note...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 7/2010

Duparc; Liszt; Strauss, R Lieder

Michelle DeYoung made a strong impression at the Edinburgh Festival in 1996, when she was billed as a mezzo. By...

Reviewed in issue 5/1999

Bellini Norma

The front cover of The Gramophone in January 2002 posed the question ‘Can anyone challenge Maria Callas?’ in Bellini’s Norma....

Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 11/2005

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