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Vivaldi 12 Concertos, Op. 3

I Musici will doubtless be greatly relieved that, with this new issue of theirs of Vivaldi's splendid first set of...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 12/1984

Lou Harrison Works for Percussion

Harrison’s unique melding of ‘pacific’ influences is heard to great effect in the Violin and Percussion Concerto. Canticle No. 3...

Reviewed by kYlzrO1BaC7A in issue: 13/1998

Adrianne Pieczonka Sings Puccini

Canadian soprano Adrianne Pieczonka gives an impressive display of her versatility in this formidably wide-ranging collection of Puccini arias. Some...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 12/2009

Bach - (A) Strange Beauty

For her Sony Classical debut release, Simone Dinnerstein returns to Bach, whose Goldberg Variations helped hoist the pianist into the...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 2/2011

L'Homme Armé

A treat for curiosity-seekers. Dufay’s L’homme arme Mass is sung one-to-a-part, with countertenor Pascal Bertin on top. Despite a promising...

Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 8/1998

Dvorák/Janácek/Martinu Songs

Here is a record of great and rare beauty: rare, that is, in the nature of the repertoire, in the...

Reviewed in issue 1/1994

Parsons First Great Service

Robert Parsons is doubtless best known for his Ave Maria, which has been widely anthologised; it concludes this recital, which...

Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 4/2008

Berlin Opera Composers

The title is perhaps a little misleading, for although all this music was performed at Berlin, much of it during...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 9/1988

Schubert Choral Songs

Of all the hundreds of settings of Psalm 23 (“The Lord is my shepherd”) surely none exudes such calm and...

Reviewed by Marc Rochester in issue: 10/1997

Bach Easter Oratorio & Magnificat

There are few recordings where Paul McCreesh fails to make a notable impact, whether in musical conception or contextual presentation....

Reviewed in issue 5/2001

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