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Grechaninov/Tchaikovsky String Quartets

Tchaikovsky's Third Quartet is a difficult work to play, and to record. Written in memory of Ferdinand Laub, the Bohemian...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 6/1993

Tippett Choral Images

Tippett’s choral music makes for a heterogeneous collection on disc: just the sort of programme you would never expect to...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 5/2007

Schütz Resurrection

Schutz's sacred histories are very difficult to make convincing. The reason must surely be (inspite of the sleeve-note of the...

Reviewed in issue 5/1985

R Strauss Ariadne auf Naxos

Any opera company in the world would think themselves fortunate to assemble this cast for a production of Ariadne; indeed...

Reviewed in issue 13/2001

Sullivan (The) Yeomen of the Guard

The most readily distinguishing feature of this second new Yeoman within the year is the inclusion of dialogue for the...

Reviewed by Andrew Lamb in issue: 11/1993

Martinu Orchestral Works

All three performances have appeared before but their recoupling is welcome and logical. The Rhapsody-Concerto is one of the most...

Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 9/1992

Kernis Goblin Market

Just turned 51, Aaron Jay Kernis is now well established among the middle generation of American composers, though his music...

Reviewed by Richard_Whitehouse in issue: 5/2011

Waltraud Meier sings Wagner

This is without question the most thrilling Wagner disc to appear in years. Bleeding chunks have had a bad press,...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 8/1997

Historic Organs, Volume 1

The Alexandra Palace organ seems to have been pretty well doomed from the start. When these recordings were made it...

Reviewed by Marc Rochester in issue: 9/1994

Stephen Hough in Recital

Listening to this recital I felt as though I were a guest at a sumptuous banquet. The menu, with its...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 5/2009

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