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Psalms of David, Vol.8

I have not ticked them off from number 1 to 150, but the psalms of David as presented in this...

Reviewed in issue 12/1993

Chopin Waltzes

Chopin’s Waltzes are sophisticated idealisations of a popular form. Their deliberate artificiality and conversational brio are of another age, presenting...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 2/2005

Orff Carmina Burana

This fine recording of Carmina Burana conducted by Kurt Eichhorn‚ recorded in 1975 with the composer attending the sessions and...

Reviewed in issue 10/2002

Benjamin Olicantus; Rihm Cuts & Dissolves; Turnage (A) Quiet Life

The focus of Ars Musica Brussels 2004 was on two composers with whom Kazushi Ono had worked previously. Wolfgang Rihm...

Reviewed by kYlzrO1BaC7A in issue: 6/2005

Weber Der Freischütz

The Wolf's Glen is in every sense at the centre of Der Freischutz—structurally (replacing the so-called central finale), tonally (composed...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 7/1991

Mozart (ed Maunder) Requiem, K626

Everybody knows that Mozart left his Requiem unfinished when he died on December 5th, 1791, and that his widow Constanze...

Reviewed by rgolding in issue: 9/1984

Koppel, HD Chamber Works

Herman David Koppel (1908-98) wrote seven symphonies in all, but only the Fifth (1955) achieved even a toehold in the...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 8/2003

Josquin Desprez Missa,De beata virgine; Motets

A Sei Voci seem to become a more interesting and skilled group with every record. They have learned much from...

Reviewed by David Fallows in issue: 5/1996

Haydn Piano Sonatas, Vol. 1

Naxos's first issue in Jeno Jando's complete edition of Haydn's piano sonatas is particularly welcome. Sadly, John McCabe's excellent Decca...

Reviewed in issue 6/1994

Martinu & Suk Sinfonietta; Serenade

Conifer deserve to do well with this—a coupling as enterprising as it is entertaining. On the one hand we've the...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 8/1989

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