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R. Clarke Songs with Piano and Violin
Gamut Classics are to be congratulated for bringing to our attention this well-balanced, enthusiastically performed compilation of songs and chamber...
Reviewed by hfinch in issue: 5/1993
Norwegian Rhapsody
The intention of this record seems to be to provide a pleasant, undemanding programme of Norwegian music, with a mixture...
Reviewed in issue 4/1990
Tavener Ex Maria Virgine
Tavener has made a huge impact with his sacred choral music with, for example, over 40 recordings of The Lamb....
Reviewed by Peter Dickinson in issue: 1/2009
Mozart/Haydn Masses
Haydn and Mozart here sound a little more like Beethoven than they usually do, or than they do on the...
Reviewed in issue 9/1992
Vivaldi The Four Seasons
Vivaldi's Four Seasons keep coming around much more frequently than their meteorological equivalents; one might age perceptibly while counting the...
Reviewed by John Duarte in issue: 1/1986
Heifetz Collection - Concertos
The gem of this disc is the Wieniawski concerto, with which Heifetz not only created a sensation on his American...
Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 11/1992
Berlioz Orchestral Works
As AS writes in his notes to this reissue, ''Berlioz was part of the Halle Orchestra's tradition from the very...
Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 3/1991
Mozart Requiem
This is a strong, dramatic performance of the Mozart Requiem, which initially I thought looked like being able to challenge...
Reviewed by Stanley Sadie in issue: 3/2003
Thompson (The) Peaceable Kingdom
Randall Thompson (1899-1984) was an all-round American composer and academic but his orchestral music has vanished on CD, leaving his...
Reviewed by Peter Dickinson in issue: 13/2008
The Greatest Story Ever Told - Original Soundtrack
Despite his failing health, Hollywood legend Alfred Newman spent the better part of 1964 and 1965 writing the music for...
Reviewed by kmulhall in issue: 12/1998
Hi-Fi, Books, Reissues & Archive Reviews
Book review - Monteverdi’s Voices: A Poetics of the Madrigal (by Tim Carter)
'The forensic study of Monteverdi’s madrigals bears ripe fruit from four decades of philological...
Review - Philadelphia Orchestra and Eugene Ormandy: The Columbia Stereo Recordings 1964-1983
Jed Distler delves into a massive collection focusing on the conductor’s later discography
Review - 'Vienna: From Mozart to Schoenberg' (London Sinfonietta / David Atherton)
Richard Whitehouse on a collection taking in the London Sinfonietta’s 1970s recordings
Book review - Edward Elgar and Adrian Boult (by Nigel Simeone)
'A veritable treasure trove for enthusiasts'
Box-set round-up: April 2025 (Stokowski, Dorati, Fiorentino)
Rob Cowan on three collections of vintage recorded performances
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