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Piano Rarities from the 2004 Schloss vor Husum Festival

For those whose passion is to explore the bottomless treasure chest of overlooked and underrated piano works, for whom a...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 2/2006

Mahler Das Lied von der Erde

It is ironic that because RCA have sat on this recording for so long, it has been pipped to the...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 3/1995

Stradella Cantatas

Alessandro Stradella holds a colourful place among the plethora of mid-Baroque Italian composers who operated in the busy churches, courts...

Reviewed by Jonathan Freeman-Attwood in issue: 13/2006

Handel Saul

Saul is one of the great tragic musical dramas in the English language. Its central theme is the destructive power...

Reviewed by Stanley Sadie in issue: 9/1998

Virgil Thomson Lord Byron

I wonder how far the awkwardness of this often striking but flawed opera was due to the Metropolitan Opera coming...

Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 5/1993

Mozart Opera Arias (arr for flute & string trio)

The Bohemian musician and composer Johann Went (or Jan Wendt) was a wind player in the Imperial Harmonie (wind band)...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 4/1999

Machaut Chansons and Motets

Nothing quite like this has happened before: a disc devoted entirely to Machaut’s songs, all performed with voices alone. Only...

Reviewed by David Fallows in issue: 2/1999

Bruch Symphony No. 3; Suite on Russian Themes

Max Bruch's Third (and last) Symphony was first performed in 1883, when he was 45 (it was revised three years...

Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 10/1988

Prokofiev; Sibelius Violin Concertos

On this her debut recording, the young Norwegian violinist Vilde Frang makes a considerable impact. It’s clear that the Sibelius...

Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 4/2010

(The) Art of Rosalyn Tureck

After the recent death of this great and courageous pianist every scrap of material wil be gathered as proof of...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 11/2003

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