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Tüür Oxymoron

Erkki-Sven Tüür’s Salve regina for male chorus and ensemble (2005) takes the form of a processional, the text set to...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 8/2007

Vivaldi Concertos, Op. 4

La stravaganza was Vivaldi's second published set of concertos. It appeared in about 1713, shortly after his successful L'estro armonico...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 3/1987

Dibdin Three Operas

Charles Dibdin (1745-1813) was a leading composer for the lighter English theatre during the late eighteenth century, a man of...

Reviewed by Stanley Sadie in issue: 5/1993

Fauré Violin Sonatas

Perhaps I should begin by reminding readers that Krysia Osostowicz (of Polish descent) and the Edinburgh-born Susan Tomes are founder...

Reviewed by Joan Chissell in issue: 11/1988

Odi Euterpe

“Never before had anyone heard the euphony of a single voice to a stringed instrument…which had so much power to...

Reviewed by Iain Fenlon in issue: 4/2011

Beethoven String Quintets Opp 4 & 29

The Nash Ensemble, with a distinguished line-up including viola-players Lawrence Power and Philip Dukes and cellist Paul Watkins, here give...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 2/2009

Simpson Symphony No.10

After the massive Ninth Symphony, winner of the Gramophone Contemporary Music Award in 1989, Simpson's Tenth is on an even...

Reviewed in issue 10/1991

Paris 1920

Many people know Poulenc's Les biches as an orchestral suite, but it is less familiar in its complete form as...

Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 3/1994

Mahler arr Stein, E Symphony No 4; Schoenberg (6) Lieder

This is the kind of production that makes me feel old. It’s not just that there are now more recordings...

Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 8/2009

Fauré Piano Quartets

The number of masterpieces for piano and string trio can be counted on the fingers of two hands—two by Mozart,...

Reviewed by rgolding in issue: 9/1993

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