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Bach Cantatas, Vol 17

Performed on the first days of the new millennium, this Pilgrimage volume has an especially candid coherence about it. These...

Reviewed by Jonathan Freeman-Attwood in issue: 2/2009

Ravel Orchestral Works

Like the traditional understatement of the British, cool Gallic reserve is all very well, but can be carried too far....

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 5/1986

Martha Argerich - Live From Lugano 2008

Anyone seeking evidence of how keenly Martha Argerich can adjust her personality to suit the interpretative preferences of her colleagues...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 6/2009

Handel Berenice, regina d'Egitto

The “inexpressible delight” experienced by the Earl of Shaftesbury when he attended a rehearsal of Berenice was not shared by...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 10/2010

Bellini Beatrice di Tenda

The note in the leaflet begins: ‘Today’s audience often find it difficult to comprehend what makes Vincenzo Bellini’s operas remarkable’....

Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 2/2004

Mahler Symphony No 4

This is special, controversial, perhaps, but special. I've not heard the up-and-coming young Austrian conduct Mahler before hope I will...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 12/1988

Alkan Organ Works , Vol 2

Pro Organo, two minutes’ worth of harmless and innocent tranquillity, opens this second volume of Kevin Bowyer’s Alkan cycle, but...

Reviewed by Marc Rochester in issue: 6/2008

Pergolesi Sacred Choral Works/Violin Concerto

My review of Abbado's 1985 recording on DG made much of its warmth. Bathed in Italian sunshine, it is a...

Reviewed in issue 8/1987

Shawn (The) Music Teacher

The CD booklet calls The Music Teacher an opera, but when this collaboration between composer Allen Shawn and his brother,...

Reviewed by Lawrence Johnson in issue: 9/2008

Debussy and Fauré Piano Works

Almost by definition, no pianist is going to attempt the Debussy Etudes who is not already impressively endowed with musicianship...

Reviewed in issue 9/1990

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