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Wagner, S Sonnenflammen

Siegfried Wagner’s operas have fared well at the hands of CPO and now comes Sonnenflammen, eighth of the 18 he...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 4/2006

The Singing Club

With such a wide range of often sung part-songs, catches and glees culled from about three centuries of English music-making,...

Reviewed in issue 9/1985

The Art of Segovia The HMV Recordings 1927-39

By the time I first met Segovia in 1948 his pre-eminence in the field of the classic guitar was unquestioned...

Reviewed by John Duarte in issue: 5/1989

Carreno Piano Works

Pianist, composer, singer and conductor, the Venezuelan Teresa Carreno was one of the most formidable musical women of the late...

Reviewed by Tim Parry in issue: 12/2000

Debussy; Glière; Mozart Harp Concertos

Mozart’s Flute and Harp Concerto is here given an unusually lively performance with Paul Watkins and the ECO. Yet the...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 2/2011

Stravinsky Works for Two Pianos

Perhaps my expectations were too high but I have to say that I expected greater things from Peter Hill and...

Reviewed by Michael Stewart in issue: 9/1996

Khachaturian/Tchaikovsky Orchestral Works

I welcomed Perlman's recording of Khachaturian's vital and tuneful Violin Concerto in its LP form and have enjoyed the CD...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 7/1985

Fauré & Franck Violin Sonatas

Osostowicz and Tomes, like Mintz and Bronfman (for Hyperion and DG respectively), offered only the two violin sonatas on their...

Reviewed by Joan Chissell in issue: 7/1990

Schmitt Salammbo, Orchestral Suites

When the producer and director of the 1925 silent film of Flaubert's Salammbo asked Florent Schmitt to provide a two-hour...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 6/1994

Tveitt Concertos

The Hardanger fiddle of western Norway probably originated in the mid­17th century‚ possibly – as Reidar Storaas suggests in his...

Reviewed in issue 8/2002

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