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Tippett Praeludium for Brass; Symphony No 3

In my review of the CD transfers of the Davis/Solti recordings of Tippett's symphonies (7/90), I hoped it would not...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 6/1994

Boult conducts Elgar

Three of these five items last appeared on a four-LP HMV set devoted to Boult’s classic post-war Elgar recordings with...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 8/1997

Shostakovich Orchestral Works

As we discover almost monthly, there is a great deal of 'light' music by Shostakovich—much of it excellent, some indifferent....

Reviewed in issue 5/1995

Rossini Il barbiere di Siviglia

“You are awful – but I like you.” The late Dick Emery’s catch-phrase was what first came to mind when...

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 5/1997

Florian Uhlig - Venezia

This curious recital views Venice from a variety of perspectives; romantic or sinister, as a city of dreams or nightmares....

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 4/2001

Rautavaara Songs

The monochrome medium of Lieder, for many music-lovers still something of an acquired taste, is not one automatically associated with...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 2/2004

Bach Complete Organ Works

Over the course of the last 12 years Simon Preston has been recording Bach’s organ music for DG, and while...

Reviewed by Marc Rochester in issue: /2000

Rolf Lislevand - Nuove musiche

The title ‘Nuove musiche’ is sure to outrage early music purists but there’s nothing ‘new’ here unless it’s a recognition...

Reviewed by William Yeoman in issue: 6/2006

Bond Six Concertos in Seven Parts

Capel Bond, born in Gloucester in 1730, spent his working life in the West Midlands, where he was organist of...

Reviewed by Stanley Sadie in issue: 2/1993

Fauré: Choral & Orchestral Works

This has always been one of the best recorded performances of the 1901 score of Faure's Requiem (when it first...

Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 5/1989

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