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Holst, I String Chamber Works

This sensitive, not to say compelling recording does much to remind us that Imogen Holst (1907-84) was, throughout her life,...

Reviewed by Jeremy Dibble in issue: 3/2009

Wagner Tristan und Isolde

It’s clear from about a minute after the curtain first parts on this Bayreuth Festival production that we are in...

Reviewed by Mike Ashman in issue: 5/2010

Stravinsky Orchestral Works

Serious Stravinskians will want The Firebird and Pulcinella complete, perhaps Le baiser de la fee also, but the collector looking...

Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 6/1991

Franck; Ravel; Saint-Saëns Violin Sonatas

Beneath the elegant, aristocratic surface of Saint-Saëns’ music there often run deeper currents: of wit and irony, tenderness and pudeur,...

Reviewed by rnichols in issue: 7/2004

Nielsen Symphonies Nos 4 & 5

Here is a rather disappointing follow-up to this team’s coupling of Nielsen’s Second and Third Symphonies (12/99). In that issue...

Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 9/2000

Bohemian Rhapsodies

Great sound this, four clarinets, each fitting nicely into a warm overall texture and matching their styles to the varieties...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 13/2010

Peter Dvorsky - Famous Italian Canzonettas

This is home ground to Italian tenors‚ and others are generally well advised to keep clear. The Slovakian Dvorsk´y has...

Reviewed in issue 12/2001

Verdi Rigoletto

This has always been a competitive set, and it remains so at mid price on CD. Solti may drive hard...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 9/1988

Mozart/Mendelssohn Piano Concertos

Helen Huang is a 16-year-old American pianist, born in Japan to Chinese parents. She has already appeared with many of...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 6/1998

Andreae Piano Trio

With enterprising record companies digging out more and more fringe repertoire, every so often one discovers a first rate composer...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 8/2007

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