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Review of Ruera Orchestral Works.

Ruera Orchestral Works.

As performers, titles and composer’s name should indicate, Josep Maria Ruera (1900-88) was Catalan. Born in Barcelona, he spent most...

Reviewed by Andrew Lamb in issue: 5/2004

Review of Mendelssohn Overtures

Mendelssohn Overtures

Claudio Abbado has shown himself to be a sympathetic conductor of Mendelssohn's music since his earliest days in the recording...

Reviewed in issue 5/1988

Review of Leontyne Price sings Strauss arias

Leontyne Price sings Strauss arias

Generous, rich and full-hearted Strauss singing here from one of the great sopranos of our time, albeit not without some...

Reviewed in issue 8/1990

Review of Berio Orchestral music

Berio Orchestral music

Here at last is a complete recording of Berio's Sinfonia. Until now, this absorbing and bewilderingly complex work has been...

Reviewed in issue 2/1986

Review of Handel Vocal Works

Handel Vocal Works

If, after the period-instrument strings have made their sharply pointed entry, ''Dick'' does not promptly ''sit'' it is not for...

Reviewed by John Duarte in issue: 2/1989

Review of Haydn Sacred Music

Haydn Sacred Music

The obvious importance of this new release is the first appearance on disc of two recent Haydn discoveries, the brief...

Reviewed by Marc Rochester in issue: 9/1994

Review of Walton Ballet Music

Walton Ballet Music

Of all the film scores that deserve sumptuous sound, Walton's for the Olivier film of Henry V stands perhaps the...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 4/1991

Review of Charpentier Louise - excerpts

Charpentier Louise - excerpts

Louise, although composed by Gustave Charpentier during the late 1890s, was one of the first twentieth-century operas, its premiere at...

Reviewed by Patrick O'Connor in issue: 6/1999

Review of Forqueray Pieces de Clavecin

Forqueray Pieces de Clavecin

Forqueray’s 32 feisty harpsichord character pieces, published in Paris in 1747, occupy a special place in the repertoire, not least...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 7/2008

Review of Beethoven Triple Concerto; Choral Fantasia

Beethoven Triple Concerto; Choral Fantasia

As one would expect with such positive, characterful artists recorded live, these are performances which grab you with their refreshing...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 12/1995


 

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