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Schreker (Der) Schatzgräber

It may come as a surprise to music-lovers in this country that in the 1920s Schreker was classed along with...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 5/1990

Britten The Turn of the Screw

The flurry of Britten recordings continues with this well-prepared and exciting version of what's probably the tautest, most compact of...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 6/1994

Bach, WF Symphonies; Harpsichord Concerto; Adagio and Fugue

Wilhelm Friedemann Bach’s life was more than tinged with sadness. As the adored eldest son of JS Bach, for whom...

Reviewed by Jonathan Freeman-Attwood in issue: 11/2002

Taverner Choral Works

The Choir of Christ Church could hardly have made a more ambitious return to recording after their valuable but variable...

Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 10/2007

Sillen Symphony No 3; Violin Concerto

The career of Josef Otto af Sillén (1859-1951) was long and varied: of aristocratic birth, he was a captain in...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 11/2002

Shostakovich Orchestral Works

Jansons's latest Shostakovich disc is a curate's egg, the symphony eminently recommendable, the concerto less so. Despite their technical excellence,...

Reviewed in issue 12/1995

J. C. Bach Sinfonia concertantes

Johann Christian Bach wrote more than a dozen sinfonie concertanti during the 1770s, probably for performance at the famous Bach-Abel...

Reviewed by Stanley Sadie in issue: 10/1996

Liszt Piano pieces

After her controversial previous disc, a brave if sometimes misguided attempt to invest Chopin with a renewed sense of drama...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 9/2011

Monteverdi Vespro della Beata Vergine

The biggest surprise about Paul McCreesh's meticulously researched performance version of Monteverdi's 1610 Vespers is that it has taken so...

Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 12/2006

Puccini Tosca

When we still lack a fully digital CD set of Tosca, it is good to have in a fine transfer...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 4/1986

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