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Rossini (Il) Barbiere di Siviglia

Opening a varied trio of recent issues this month is this Barber from the 1988 Schwetzingen Festival‚ well remastered in...

Reviewed in issue 13/2001

Nystroem Symphonies Nos 4 and 6

Shakespeare was a lifelong enthusiasm for Nystroem and he reworked ideas from his incidental music for The Tempest in his...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 3/2005

George Dyson: Choral music

Sir George Dyson (1883-1964) hasn't survived so well as he might have done. His music is not easily forgotten, but...

Reviewed in issue 9/1985

Franck Pieces for small orchestra; Ce qu'on entend

The chief point of interest here is the restoration to the catalogue of the five Ronsard poems, which, if perhaps...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 10/1991

Vivaldi Senna Festeggiante (La)

Three serenatas by Vivaldi survive (he is known to have composed at least eight)‚ of which La Senna festeggiante is...

Reviewed in issue 13/2002

Turina Orchestral Works

Turina was a gentle man who, like Segovia, placed high value on beauty and clarity of thought, and responded to...

Reviewed by John Duarte in issue: 4/2003

Bartók/Kodály Orchestral works

The miraculous mandarin is the most savagely treated of all Bartok's stage victims lured from the streets, seduced, assaulted and...

Reviewed in issue 10/1993

Mozart Violin Sonatas, K301, K304, K376 and K526

Comparing these two CDs has been an object lesson in contrasts, starting with the woman to whom Andrew Manze’s selection...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 11/2005

20th Century works for Organ and Soprano

This release of a 20-minute devotional work by Henryk Gorecki might seem like cashing in on the phenomenal popularity of...

Reviewed by Marc Rochester in issue: 5/1993

Sor Guitar Works

Segovia once described Sor as ''loquacious'' but his output was modest in comparison with that of many other nineteenth-century guitarist/composers,...

Reviewed by John Duarte in issue: 11/1991

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