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Andrew Kennedy sings Berlioz, Gluck and Mozart

The line Gluck-Mozart-Berlioz is an enterprising one to follow, not previously (I think) staked out by tenors in recital discs....

Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 7/2010

Kabalevsky Orchestral Suites

Kabalevsky’s light, melodious touch is well displayed in these three orchestral suites, whose content coincides exactly on the two records....

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 12/1996

Purcell Dido and Aeneas

Even in our global village, one is permitted to express a degree of surprise at a Dido from Novosibirsk in...

Reviewed by Jonathan Freeman-Attwood in issue: 5/2009

Christmas in Rome - Gloria

With 26 Corelli ''Christmas'' Concertos and 16 Vivaldi Glorias in the current catalogue already, one's first instinct might be to...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 3/1994

Schubert Die Schöne Müllerin

I reviewed the CD version of this performance last April. I find the LP almost as immediate; perhaps I was...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 7/1984

Mozart, Haydn Duo Sonatas

It may be impertinent to begin with a comparison dating back to 1948, of K423 played by Szymon Goldberg and...

Reviewed by Nalen Anthoni in issue: 1/2012

Nielsen Symphonies

When reviewing the earlier coupling of Nos. 4 and 5, which is part of a complete cycle of the Nielsen...

Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 11/1995

Early Italian Lute Music

In his interesting sleeve-note to Christopher Wilson's record, Tim Crawford emphasizes that, for the men and women of sixteenth-century Italy,...

Reviewed by Iain Fenlon in issue: 9/1987

Bacewicz Piano Quintet No 1; String Quartets Nos 4 and 7

Grazyna Bacewicz was an independent spirit in mid-20th-century Polish music. If anything, broadly classifiable as a neo-classicist (she studied briefly...

Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 3/2006

Haydn Complete Symphonies, Vol 8

Like previous offerings in Fey’s Haydn series with the brilliant Heidelberg orchestra (modern strings and wind, “authentic” valveless brass), this...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 1/2008

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