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Rags of Time (The)

The recorded marriage of lute music with poetry was launched in the 1960s by Dame Peggy Ashcroft and Julian Bream...

Reviewed in issue 10/2002

Weber Die Freischütz

The reissue of this now elderly performance of Der Freischdtz is of interest chiefly for some classic performances. The most...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 3/1989

Gregson-Williams Kingdom of Heaven

The multi-faith theme of the story of the Crusades offers Harry Gregson-Williams diverse opportunities for colourful scoring. He alleviates (for...

Reviewed by Adrian Edwards in issue: 10/2005

Schutz Weihnachtshistorie; Auferstehunghistorie

In 1664 the 79-year-old Schütz published the Christmas Story. This new recording by Paul Hillier and Ars Nova Copenhagen, the...

Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 6/2010

Hindemith Complete Flute Music; Höller Flute Sonatas

I suppose this is bound to be regarded as a disc of flute music by Hindemith‚ with some fill­ups by...

Reviewed in issue 3/2002

Schumann Complete Piano Wks Vol 5

The Swiss-French pianist Cédric Pescia adds two further discs to his previous volume in Claves’s series of Schumann’s complete piano...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 11/2011

Adams Shaker Loops

This attractive Adams disc presents several different facets of the composer’s musical personality. There are two major offerings: Shaker Loops,...

Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 11/2004

Kirsten Flagstad

These two issues neatly complement each other. The Nimbus enshrines the great soprano's pre-war Victors; the Testament derives from early...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 7/1993

Chansons de toile

The chanson de toile is a small but clearly identifiable genre within the French trouvere repertory: narrative songs in short...

Reviewed by David Fallows in issue: 5/1986

Vivaldi Flute Concertos

The American flautist Robert Stallman is a pupil of Jean-Pierre Rampal whose influence has clearly been a strong one. Indeed,...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 7/1991

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