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Schubert Chamber Works

This is a pleasing account of Schubert's Octet for three wind and five strings including double-bass, with warm and bassy...

Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 2/1993

Wagner Lohengrin

For some years now it has seemed increasingly anomalous that the Kempe Lohengrin (remastered for CD reissue in 1988) should...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 11/2000

Balakirev Piano Sonata

After acclaimed recordings of Bowen and Bach (CPE), Danny Driver turns his attention to a third B‑list composer. Balakirev’s Piano...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 4/2011

Carlo Galeffi (1884-1961)

In his obituary tribute to Galeffi (Opera, December 1961) Giacomo Lauri-Volpi concluded: ''It is no exaggeration to say that Galeffi's...

Reviewed in issue 2/1992

Stokowski conducts Hollywood Bowl SO

Stokowski was a natural Brahmsian. The warm plasticity of his phrasing and his rich lower-string sonorities create a textural bedrock...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 2/2001

Lully (Le) Bourgeois Gentihomme

We all would fancy a night out at the Opéra Royal de Versailles, but only a few of us manage...

Reviewed by Julie Anne Sadie in issue: 7/2003

Songs of Sunshine

Like the proverbial cup, this delightful disc brimmeth over with good cheer. All of Wells Cathedral’s talented singers – boy...

Reviewed by Malcolm Riley in issue: 7/2011

Mendelssohn Songs and Duets, Vol 3

In such things as these, Mendelssohn (or perhaps one should say the Mendelssohns, as Fanny is also represented) are at...

Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 2/2004

British String Miniatures

Collections of British string pieces have been springing up in some profusion on the ASV and Naxos labels. Following ‘English...

Reviewed by Andrew Lamb in issue: 5/2003

Bach Cantatas, Vol 22

Easter 2000 had strong historical resonances for Sir John Eliot Gardiner’s cantata pilgrims, as these outstanding works were performed in...

Reviewed by Jonathan Freeman-Attwood in issue: 5/2007

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