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Mayr, G Ginevra di Scozia

A neat but somewhat specious claim to historical importance prefaces this revival. Mayr’s Ginevra was, as its editor Marco Beghelli...

Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 4/2003

Annie Fischer in Concert, Montreal 1984

Tempting as it is to seek out performances of an artist’s central repertory in live rather than studio performances, the...

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 11/2000

Saint-Saëns Violin Sonatas

I can't remember who it was who said that Saint-Saens was the greatest composer who ever lived who wasn't a...

Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 9/1992

Mendelssohn Paulus

Even more Bach-influenced than the later and more successful Elijah, Paulus benefits from this slimmed-down, period-instrument performance using a small...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 11/1995

J. Strauss II Die Fledermaus

Whatever other merits this new all-star Fledermaus may have, it certainly provides good value for money, the first side of...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 2/1987

Dvorák Symphonies 1-9 etc

Pesek’s Dvorak cycle is the first new complete set to have appeared for some years; indeed the recording of the...

Reviewed in issue 8/2001

Tansman Piano Sonatas and Sonatinas

Two and a quarter hours of Tansman's piano music; I soon found myself recalling a phrase from my review of...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 9/1994

Giannina Arangi-Lombardi (1890-1951)

It is always a pleasure when you come upon an artist who surprises you with appreciable accomplishments you hadn't expected...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 10/1990

Purcell Dido and Aeneas

Alan Blyth’s Opera on Video (Kyle Cathie: 1995) has no Dido and Aeneas, so here, we would hope, is at...

Reviewed in issue 2/1997

Hortus Deliciarum - 12th Century Gregorian Chant

Discantus have produced their own twelfth-century ‘Paradise Garden’, inspired by Hildegard and Herrad. It illuminates the work of these two...

Reviewed by mberry in issue: 13/1998

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