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The Rose and the Ostrich Feather

This is a recording of wonderful music, wonderfully performed. Harry Christophers and The Sixteen entered the catalogue in 1980 with...

Reviewed by Tess Knighton in issue: 4/1992

Caresana (L') Adoratione de' Maggi

Venetian tenor Cristoforo Caresana (c1640-1709) performed in several operas by Cavalli but in 1658 he moved to Naples to become...

Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 3/2011

Tsontakis Man of Sorrows

Having studied with Schoenberg’s son-in-law Felix Griessle, and also with Roger Sessions, one of America’s leading Schoenbergians, George Tsontakis (b1951)...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 9/2007

Hasse Motets

Readers of these pages may know that I have enjoyed previous discs of music performed by Le Parlement de Musique...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 1/1995

Bartók & Enescu Violin Sonatas

The Bartok is the 'familiar' piece here, but despite the qualities of Sherban Lupu's performance of it I would strongly...

Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 11/1988

Byrd Gradualia, Vol.1: The Marian Masses

This is a most curious disc: utterly absorbing on the one hand, yet not quite satisfying on the other. Certainly...

Reviewed in issue 11/1991

Susan Graham - Un Frisson Français

With Susan Graham in radiant form and Malcolm Martineau not just an accompanist but an active partner in the project,...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 11/2008

Poulenc Les Mamelles de Tirésias: Le Bal Masqué

Les mamelles de Tiresias is Poulenc’s Cosi fan tutte. On the surface it can seem merely an absurd romp. Poulenc,...

Reviewed by Patrick O'Connor in issue: 13/1998

Scelsi (La) nascita del verbo; (4) Pezzi; Uaxuctum

The most substantial piece here is Uaxuctum, scored for a large, idiosyncratic ensemble (including ondes martenot) with chorus. It evokes...

Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 7/2007

Stravinsky - Diversions

This enticing collection of Stravinsky’s music for violin and piano was written in the early 1930s in collaboration with violinist...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 7/2011

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