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Naumann Gustaf Wasa

Johann Gottlieb Naumann (1741-1801) was a Dresden composer – those familiar with Mozart’s letters will recall a contemptuous aside about...

Reviewed by Stanley Sadie in issue: 3/1996

20th-Century American Oboe Works

Having already programmed Humbert Lucarelli's winsome reading of Wayne Barlow's vernal The Winter's Past for Classic FM's ''Contemporary Classics'', I...

Reviewed in issue 7/1994

Rossini Petite messe solennelle

The finest recording we have yet had of the Petite messe solennelle, the deleted Eurodisc version led from the keyboard...

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 10/1993

Carver (The) Thistle and the Rose

The Carver Choirbook, housed in the National Library of Scotland, is named after the composer and canon of Scone, Robert...

Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 8/2004

1903 Columbia Grand Opera Series

The word ‘Columbia’ is conspicuous by its absence from the packaging of this excellent and important issue, for these are...

Reviewed in issue 4/1997

Music of Alan Hovahaness

The ideal Hovhaness starter-pack, containing exemplary performances (for the most part stunningly well engineered) of three of the most memorable...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 1/2000

Pettersson Symphonies 1 & 2

The mystery of Allan Pettersson’s First Symphony has long intrigued devotees of his music. Composed mostly in 1951, the score...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 12/2011

Thwaites Ride! Ride!

Penelope Thwaites’ music is an eclectic mix which contains a clever parody of Handel (‘Enthusiasm’), a nice piece of mock-Tudor...

Reviewed by Marc Rochester in issue: 11/2000

Rossini Complete Piano Edition, Vol 3

The third volume of Marco Sollini’s eight-part survey of the piano volumes of Rossini’s Sins of Old Age is given...

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 1/2007

Mendelssohn Symphonies 3 & 4

These are both exciting, high-powered performances very typical of Sir Georg. The dazzling qualities of the Chicago orchestra in achieving...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 4/1986

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