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Sweet Power of Song

This is the kind of disc that may well prove a collectors' piece in, say, the year 2050. I can...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 11/1990

Bryn Terfel - We'll Keep A Welcome

If the Welsh people showed signs of caution when voting for a National Assembly, they might have been stirred into...

Reviewed by Adrian Edwards in issue: 11/2000

Bloch/Q.Porter Orchestral Works

It was Sir Malcolm Sargent who, on April 11th 1953, premiered Bloch's Concerto grosso No. 2—a work which, although less...

Reviewed in issue 12/1994

Lully Thésée

Composed in 1675, Thesee is Lully’s third full-scale tragedie lyrique in collaboration with the librettist Quinault, and presents a typical...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 1/2008

George Lloyd Piano Works

One's first impression of the title; can these frivolities—Intercom baby, The aggressive fishes—possibly be written by the same George Lloyd,...

Reviewed in issue 5/1989

Turnage Songs

This is the second CD to result from Mark-Anthony Turnage’s LPO’s residency. The surprise is that two of the three...

Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 4/2008

Finzi Dies Natalis & Clarinet Concerto

This disc offers a strong, dedicated account of the Finzi Clarinet Concerto from Marriner pere et fils. Orchestral playing of...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 9/1997

21st Century Cello Concertos

Bruno Mantovani – he’s heard all the jokes – is the youngest composer represented here, born in 1974, and yet...

Reviewed by Philip_Clark in issue: 1/2010

Brahms (4) Serious Songs; Dvorák Requiem

Two redoubtable performances of Dvorák’s Requiem have survived in the catalogue down the years, sometimes returning in various different guises:...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 1/2007

Ravel Daphnis et Chloé

Issues that prove, if further proof were still needed, that, in our times, the difference between the recognized 'great' orchestras...

Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 3/1994

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