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Lavinia Meijer - Visions

Prize-winning harpist Lavinia Meijer has a fascinating background. Born in Korea, she was adopted by a Dutch family and now...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 5/2010

Ives Symphony 2 & Barber Knoxville

A well-chosen trilogy, yet performances are no more than adequate. Cowell’s Symphonic Set has flashes of inspiration to offset passages...

Reviewed by kYlzrO1BaC7A in issue: 7/1998

Byrd: Cantiones Sacrae (1589)

This pioneering record, first issued in 1984, champions some of Byrd's most exquisitely formed and passionate works. At the time...

Reviewed in issue 12/1991

Mahler Symphony No 1

Having previously discussed the arguments for and against the rehabilitation of Mahler's moonlit serenade, I shall confine myself to the...

Reviewed in issue 9/1994

Tchaikovsky (The) Nutcracker: Experience Edition

The shift towards Tchaikovsky that Andris Nelsons has been making with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra serves to emphasise...

Reviewed by Geoffrey Norris in issue: 12/2010

Rossini String Sonatas

I am reminded by RO's review of the Solisti Veneti performance (Erato/RCA) that Rossini wrote these boyhood works for just...

Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 12/1989

Brahms/Dvorák Orchestral Works

Riccardo Chailly's recently completed series of Brahms symphonies on Decca is now quickly followed by Ashkenazy's from the same company....

Reviewed in issue 10/1993

Biber Unam Ceylum

John Holloway won a Gramophone Award in 1991 for his probing performances of Biber’s Mystery Sonatas, and in this new...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 11/2002

I Will lift up mine eyes

John Rutter's insert-note tells of many links between these two composers, not the least impressive being his relatively incidental concluding...

Reviewed in issue 12/1992

Brahms Missa canonica

Collectors who file alphabetically under composer will probably make for the Bs with this; but it could well be that...

Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 8/2006

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