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Review of Finzi Songs

Finzi Songs

This is the third encounter with Finzi in recent months. Mark Padmore with Roger Vignoles (Hyperion, 5/05) and Roderick Williams...

Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 8/2005

Review of Vivaldi Concertos for Bassoon, Vol 1

Vivaldi Concertos for Bassoon, Vol 1

Adrian Chandler’s latest Vivaldi collection plays on a trio of associations that have little to do with the musical content...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 9/2010

Review of Great Pianists of the 20th Century - Rosalyn Tureck

Great Pianists of the 20th Century - Rosalyn Tureck

‘Nobody can make a career in Bach,’ Rosalyn Tureck was told by the judges of the Naumberg competition, after she...

Reviewed by Tim Parry in issue: 5/1999

Review of Bernstein Vocal Works

Bernstein Vocal Works

If I had to choose one work of Bernstein's for my Desert Island, it would certainly be Songfest, a cycle...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 5/1986

Review of Simpson Chamber Works

Simpson Chamber Works

Nirvana for composers and performers alike is a state where music unfolds of its own accord, without apparent conscious effort—and...

Reviewed in issue 12/1994

Review of Menotti Saint of Bleecker Street (The)

Menotti Saint of Bleecker Street (The)

Despite a three­month Broadway run on its first appearance in 1954‚ and prestige productions at La Scala‚ the Vienna Volks­oper...

Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 5/2002

Review of Massenet Werther

Massenet Werther

The positive virtues of this new Werther are the approach taken by Jean-Claude Casadesus – well-judged, never overdoing the melodrama...

Reviewed by Patrick O'Connor in issue: 4/2003

Review of The Monk of Montaudon

The Monk of Montaudon

The impious Monk of Montaudon must have been either a naughty old joker or a gleeful young misanthrope. He pokes...

Reviewed by mberry in issue: 13/1998

Review of Dvorák String Quartets

Dvorák String Quartets

The Chilingirian's coupling of two more of Dvorak's finest string quartets, in the wake of their disc of Nos. 8...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 11/1990

Review of Mahler Das Lied von der Erde

Mahler Das Lied von der Erde

The innocent ear, free from odious comparisons with the past, might welcome this straightforward, careful, well-played traversal of a wonderful...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 11/1999


 

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