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Honey and Rue-Kathleen Battle

“Honey and Rue”. It’s a nice title, an intriguing title. Inquisitive. And like title, like songs. Toni Morrison’s words and...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 1/1996

Bach Sonatas for Viola da gamba and Harpsichord

It is 22 years since Savall and Koopman first recorded the Bach gamba sonatas, in the days when Koopman still...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 6/2000

The Glass Cathedral

Debut solo records usually default to one of two categories: 1. Breathtaking but vacuous displays of virtuosity; 2. Gorgeous but...

Reviewed in issue 3/1999

Boston Symphony Orchestra - Symphony Hall Centennial Celebration

It’s that time of the year again‚ when a major American orchestra releases an archive trawl of recorded gems that...

Reviewed in issue 12/2001

Handel Concerti Grossi, Op 6 Nos 1-4; Alexander's Feast

McGegan has opted in these concerti grossi for Handel’s added wind parts to some of them, which otherwise have been...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 10/1999

Carole Farley sings Delius

The mature Delius orchestral songs, such as the English and Scandinavian songs recorded here, are surely minor masterpieces. And while...

Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 13/1997

British Light Classics

The rediscovery of British light music in the past dozen years or so has brought great joy. Yet few of...

Reviewed by Andrew Lamb in issue: 8/2004

Tchaikovsky and his Circle

The title is a reasonable one, for the younger five composers here were Tchaikovsky's musical friends as well as known...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 4/1994

Bellini I Puritani

Were I puritani to be produced as frequently as La boheme, one could still spend a lifetime of opera-going and...

Reviewed in issue 4/1989

Tchaikovsky; Shostakovich Orchestral Works

I wonder if some of these ex-Soviet musicians are refugees from the Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra. The tautly integrated ensemble reminds...

Reviewed by Stephen Johnson in issue: 8/1989

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