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RANDS Vincent

Bernard Rands may be one of the most patient operatic composers of all time. From initial idea to first production,...

Reviewed by Donald Rosenberg in issue: 06/2017

Small Storms: Short Pieces by Martinů

Martinů’s three cello sonatas were preceded by a clutch of suites and movements written in Paris (mostly) in 1930-31. The...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 06/2017

RACHMANINOV Vespers

Since Gloriæ Dei Cantores are one of North America’s finest non-professional choirs with at least 50 CDs to their credit,...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 06/2017

William Appling: JOPLIN Complete Rags, Waltzes and Marches

William Appling (1932-2008) was a highly respected teacher and superb choral director who influenced many lives. He discovered Scott Joplin’s...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 06/2017

CHILDS Heaven to Clear When Day Did Close

There is cool in American maverick music like Lou Harrison, who couldn’t resist the mainstream, and then there is cool...

Reviewed by Laurence Vittes in issue: 06/2017

The Italian Job

My heart skipped a beat when this new offering from La Serenissima and Adrian Chandler landed on my desk, such...

Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner in issue: 05/2017

ELGAR Cello Concerto TCHAIKOVSKY Variations on a Rococo Theme

A most unusual account of the Elgar Concerto, one that’s both musically gripping and recorded at relatively close quarters. The...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 05/2017

CLEMENTI Symphonies Nos 1 - 4

Muzio Clementi did his posthumous reputation no favours by turning out reams of autopilot sonatinas for schoolroom use. Mozart’s withering...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 05/2017

MACMILLAN Stabat Mater

In their separate but extremely effusive booklet essays, both Harry Christophers and the work’s dedicatee, John Studzinski, describe James MacMillan’s...

Reviewed by Marc Rochester in issue: 05/2017

Bologna 1666

Why ‘Bologna 1666’? Well, thankfully not because there was a fire there. But the date is a touch misleading, since...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 05/2017

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