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Jia Zhong - Colours of China

Despite appearances, ‘Couleurs de Chine’ sounds only mildly ‘exotic’. I think this is more a consequence of the infiltration ofWestern...

Reviewed by bwitherden in issue: 6/2003

Mauricio Kagel 8

If your immediate response to Kagel’s title is to suspect an elaborate joke, study of his text, with lines like...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 6/1996

Dvorák Orchestral Works

Dvorak's E flat Symphony, the most rewarding of the early works, with its radiant first movement in a flowing 6/8,...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 5/1988

Schoenberg Pierrot Lunaire; Pelleas & Melisande

There is certainly room in the catalogue for a new version of Pelleas und Melisande – ideally for one that...

Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 11/2000

Galuppi Arie Serie

Nicknamed “Il Buranello” after his birthplace in the Venetian lagoon, Baldassare Galuppi (1706-85) is remembered today for inspiring a sonnet...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 1/2007

Il Violino

The point of this CD is not so much the music as the violins, a 1691 Stradivari and a 1669...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 8/1996

Bach Toccatas for Harpsichord

No manuscript of any of the seven toccatas survives in either Bach's own hand or that of his sons but...

Reviewed by John Duarte in issue: 4/1990

Gattaca - film soundtrack

Nyman’s score is a highly effective advertisement for Andrew Niccol’s thoughtful science-fiction film. Based on the subject of genetic engineering,...

Reviewed in issue 5/1998

Hilliard Ensemble - Audivi Vocem

The Hilliards here return to familiar territory with a programme of Tallis, Tye and Sheppard. While the territory may be...

Reviewed by Ivan Moody in issue: 10/2008

Berkeley/Williamson/Panufnik Violin Concertos

This welcome reissue shows Yehudi Menuhin in a role that’s easily overlooked – as an instigator and performer of new...

Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 10/1997

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