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MAHLER Symphony No 5

First impressions are of an imposing acoustic (Cologne Philharmonie) and – on the back of an unflinching down-the-line trumpet solo...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 12/2014

Hymns to Saint Ceciia

With their latest disc, The Choir of Royal Holloway and Music Director Rupert Gough ensure that Oxbridge ensembles don’t have...

Reviewed by Alexandra Coghlan in issue: 12/2014

TCHAIKOVSKY The Nutcracker (complete)

In this final instalment of their trilogy of Tchaikovsky ballet recordings, it comes as no surprise that the players in...

Reviewed by Adrian Edwards in issue: 12/2014

JS BACH Italian Concerto. French Overture. Aria Variata

The high standards of Vladimir Ashkenazy’s previous two solo Bach outings operate less consistently in the present release. Observing full...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 12/2014

BERLIOZ Symphonie Fantastique

At first sight it seems strange that LSO Live should be revisiting this repertoire after the remarkable success of a...

Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 12/2014

HOWELLS When first thine eies unveil

There is something distinctly numinous about the sound of Howells’s choral music, especially for unaccompanied choir, and in the hands...

Reviewed by Jeremy Dibble in issue: 12/2014

HAYDN String Quartets Op 20 (complete)

Papa Haydn. Is he, in today’s pejorative meaning, pretty close to the image of a simpleton? The Doric Quartet say...

Reviewed by Nalen Anthoni in issue: 12/2014

RAMEAU Pièces de Clavecin

Some of the finest harpsichordists of our day have celebrated Rameau’s 250th anniversary with versions of his highly regarded if...

Reviewed by Julie Anne Sadie in issue: 12/2014

SCHUMANN Scenes from Goethe's Faust

Since Benjamin Britten broke a lance for it in 1973, Scenes from Goethe’s Faust has not suffered from the choral-society...

Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 12/2014

PUCCINI Tosca

Puccini’s...

Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: 12/2014

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