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Russian Christmas

Don’t be misled into expecting a run-of-the-mill programme of Christmas fare! There’s no gentle lullaby here for the Infant Jesus,...

Reviewed in issue 12/1998

Verdi Songs

Knowledge of Verdi's songs, in relation to his operas, is very like that of Schubert's operas in comparison with his...

Reviewed in issue 9/1987

Saint-Saëns Cello Sonatas Nos 1 and 2

Inevitably, “The Swan” from The Carnival of the Animals features on this disc of Saint-Saëns’s cello music – and it...

Reviewed by Geoffrey Norris in issue: 1/2010

Torke Music on the Floor

Argo's first disc featuring the music of Michael Torke (12/90) focused on pieces for small or chamber orchestra-sized ensembles, whilst...

Reviewed by Michael Stewart in issue: 1/1995

Tallis: Sacred Choral Works

1989 was something of an annus mirabilis for recordings of Tallis's works, especially his great responsory Spem in alium: here...

Reviewed by mberry in issue: 2/1991

Beethoven Piano Concertos

So far as Beethoven's piano music, his concertos and sonatas, is concerned we are currently in a state of some...

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 9/1986

Sweelinck - Keyboard Works, Vol 2

What a fine composer Sweelinck was! This second volume of his complete keyboard works (by my reckoning there are enough...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 6/2009

Broughton Symphonies 2 & 3

Stalwart Anglophiles will doubtless already own the Hyperion disc of Vernon Handley’s trusty RPO performance of Rutland Boughton’s Third Symphony...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 1/1997

Chopin Piano Concerto No 1

A welcome change from the standard coupling of the two concertos, this programme is a distinguished addition to the bicentennial...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 13/2010

Offenbach Les Contes d'Hoffmann

This new Hoffmann offers a starry international cast against the background of a French chorus and orchestra. It presents Placido...

Reviewed by Andrew Lamb in issue: 3/1990

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