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Robert Dean Smith sings Wagner

Robert Dean Smith is the new boy on the block where Heldentenors are concerned‚ and on this evidence‚ very impressive...

Reviewed in issue 11/2001

Sergei Babayan - Piano

Babayan clearly commands a wide repertoire. The Messiaen selection offers scintillating pianism but lacks depth; not a problem in Vine’s...

Reviewed by kYlzrO1BaC7A in issue: 12/1998

Saariaho Notes On Light; Orion; Mirage

Light is the element that allies Kaija Saariaho to so many of her Nordic peers; that, plus related things such...

Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 11/2008

Mozart Piano Sonatas

Pires continues her Mozart sonata cycle for DG with two of the composer's first set of six written in the...

Reviewed by Joan Chissell in issue: 7/1993

Nielsen Aladdin Suite; Pan and Syrinx; Saga Dream

No single CD that includes Nielsen’s seven-movement Aladdin Suite – the Danish rival to Grieg’s Peer Gynt for atmosphere and...

Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 13/2005

Einhorn Voices of Light

In the booklet-notes to this recording Richard Einhorn relates the story behind the work’s composition. It came about after his...

Reviewed by kshadwick in issue: 6/1996

Verdi Requiem

This performance‚ though originally filmed by Clouzot at La Scala in 1967‚ first appeared on Laserdisc (remember that format?) only...

Reviewed by kYlzrO1BaC7A in issue: 12/2001

Baroque Concertos arranged for guitar

Guitarists have been appropriating lute concertos for years, borrowing from their relations as it were, but to help themselves to...

Reviewed by John Duarte in issue: 3/1985

Martini/Obrecht Choral Works

Those who may wonder whether The Clerks’ Group have an exclusive contract with Ockeghem can put their minds at rest:...

Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 5/1998

Brubeck/Stravinsky/Weill String Quartets

The opening bars of the Stravinsky Concertino jar so much on this disc with the end of Brubeck’s Chromatic Fantasy...

Reviewed by mharry in issue: 10/1997

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