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Puccini Gianni Schicchi

‘Argument for a week, laughter for a month, and a good jest for ever’: Prince Hal’s proposal for the discomfiture...

Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 13/2005

Amanda Roocroft Recital

So much the kind of opportunity one wants to see the major record companies affording our younger generation of singers,...

Reviewed in issue 10/1994

Brahms Orchestral Works

Sharply contrasting views of Brahms's sunniest symphony: from Chailly we've a fresh, freely expressed reading with pristine, translucent texturing; Sawallisch...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 12/1990

Beethoven Piano Concerto No 5

The Arrau/Davis Emperor is set fair to be to CD what the Fischer/Furtwangler was to mono LP: an inspiring reading...

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 4/1986

On Stage - Dame Gillian Weir at Symphony Hall, Birmingham

Gillian Weir has devised an ingenious programme of 11 toccatas; they come from five countries and span four centuries, so...

Reviewed by Christopher Nickol in issue: 1/2007

Duarte/Rak Works for Guitar Quartet

The two composers whose music is interleaved in this collection are effectively contrasted by the layout of the programme. In...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 7/2000

Francoer/Rameau Suites de Symphonies

I have to admit that I have found this recording fascinating. Why? Because both the music and the performances are...

Reviewed in issue 7/2001

Ockeghem Masses

After a hiatus of over a year, The Clerks’ Group return to Ockeghem with two strongly contrasted Masses. That on...

Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 1/1999

Tchaikovsky Piano Sonata, Op 37; (The) Seasons, Op 37b

Tchaikovsky’s poor view of his piano works (‘musical pancakes quickly tossed and served’) is powerfully contradicted by Yakov Kasman, a...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 2/2006

Nyman Noises, Sounds and Sweet Airs

Nymanites will rejoice. The pulse, the raunchy textures and the restless alternation of metre (either between 'numbers' or within them)...

Reviewed in issue 4/1995

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