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Hüttenbrenner; Schubert Lieder

This is an unusual and wholly absorbing recital by a soprano often, mistakenly, considered no more than a singer with...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 1/2003

Josquin Desprez/Agricola Masses and Motets

The Mater Patris Mass is one of the very strangest works from the years around 1500. Based on a (pretty...

Reviewed by David Fallows in issue: 7/1994

Poulenc Sacred Choral Works

Poulenc is reported as saying that if he were still remembered in 50 years' time he hoped it would be...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 12/1989

A Song from the East

The guitar now flourishes in eastern Europe and, as this recording makes clear, it has been doing so for longer...

Reviewed by John Duarte in issue: 10/1987

20th Century Swiss String Quartets

These DVDs testify that Monteverdi’s three surviving operas possess abundant dramatic richness. L’Orfeo, staged by Jacky Lautem and Jean-Claude Malgoire,...

Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 11/2005

Hindemith Organ Works

This disc positively sparkles! With such intelligent and innovative programming, it is the ideal introduction to Hindemith’s organ music. Since...

Reviewed by Malcolm Riley in issue: 10/2009

Curtis, M Orchestral Works

Fortunately, melody is now coming back into fashion, so this collection of the light-hearted music of the Cumbrian composer Matthew...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 3/2003

Orff Die Kluge; Der Mond

On the surface it would seem that Die Kluge and Der Mond make ideal bed-fellows—both are allegorical fairy-tale operas using...

Reviewed by Michael Stewart in issue: 3/1991

Walton Symphony No 2; Troilus and Cressida Suite

After years of total neglect, we have within months three CD versions of the Symphony No. 2. Like the new...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 7/1990

Handel Arias

Bejun Mehta’s debut solo disc is more adventurous than hackneyed Handel recital programmes often are. Some of the selections were...

Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 2/2011

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