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French Music for Violin and Piano

I have already reviewed three new versions of the Franck Sonata this year, and have few reservations in placing this...

Reviewed in issue 9/1986

Pfitzner Das dunkle Reich

Pfitzner described his choral fantasy Das dunkle Reich (''The Dark Kingdom'', 1929) as ''a sort of literary mass for the...

Reviewed in issue 4/1995

Late Romantic Violin Works

This is a generous collection of sugar-plum works for violin and orchestra, played with uninhibited romanticism by the rich-toned Udagawa....

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 3/1992

Torréjón y Velasco Pùrpura de la Rosa (La)

Only recently the first ever recording of Tomas Torrejon y Velasco’s opera La purpura de la rosa was produced by...

Reviewed by Tess Knighton in issue: 2/2001

Beethoven Piano Sonatas Nos 30 - 32

Imagine the highly inflected, pianistically oriented and sectionalised Beethoven-playing one often heard from Soviet artists such as Maria Grinberg, Maria...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 6/2011

Guerrero Canciones y Villanescas Espirituales

There have been a number of Guerrero anthologies over the past couple of years, most notably the Tallis Scholars’ customarily...

Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 9/2007

Jochen Kowalski sings Opera Arias

Kowalski's great contention is that the male alto voice can be a passionate, dramatic instrument; and the present record, like...

Reviewed in issue 10/1992

Scarlatti, A San Filippo Neri

The libretto of San Filippo Neri was written by the Venetian cardinal Pietro Ottoboni (a patron also of Corelli, Handel...

Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 11/2010

Rimsky-Korsakov Orchestral Works

Dutch phlegm, rather than Spanish fire or Russian fantasy, characterize these performances, efficient as they are. Zinman's Capriccio espagnol rarely...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 6/1985

R. Strauss: Orchestral Works

It is not before time that an excellent orchestra like the BBC Welsh Symphony should be heard on records. Since...

Reviewed in issue 9/1990

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