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(Le) Roman de la Rose

With their latest recording‚ Alla Francesca lead us into a dream world. Each group of songs is introduced by colourful...

Reviewed in issue 4/2002

Volans Works for Wind Ensemble

In his booklet-text for this CD Kevin Volans describes how he is interested in creating a “hand-made quality” to a...

Reviewed by mharry in issue: 1/1998

(A) Number of Short Waltzes

Few dances, if any, have become their own essence and their own stereotype as completely as the waltz, and this...

Reviewed by kYlzrO1BaC7A in issue: 12/2003

R. Strauss Ariadne auf Naxos

This is a worthy visual supplement to the audio-only Ariadnes conducted by Bohm and reviewed this month (see page 154)....

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 11/1994

Schumann: Lieder recital

Fassbaender's many Lieder records for EMI-Electrola have not been made available here except occasionally as imports, so this issue from...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 2/1986

Kálmán (Der) Zigeunerprimas

Kálmán’s Der Zigeunerprimas (‘The Gypsy Virtuoso’) does not boast quite the same remarkable sequence of hit numbers as Die Csárdásfürstin...

Reviewed by Andrew Lamb in issue: 1/2006

Cecilia Bartoli - Live in Italy

It is harvest time with Bartoli now. Never has her art been richer and more abundant in its yield, and...

Reviewed in issue 11/1998

Berg Violin Concerto; Lulu Suite

Like that of his idol Mahler, Berg’s output is small but with few minor works. This means that any new...

Reviewed by kYlzrO1BaC7A in issue: 2/2004

Handel Rodrigo

There is a special tone to the music of Handel’s Italian years – a freshness, a boldness of invention, a...

Reviewed by Stanley Sadie in issue: 7/1999

The Tallis Scholars Live In Rome

The sense of a memorable occasion is quite tangible here. It's audible on CD alone, without the images of the...

Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 9/1994

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