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Anon St John Passion

As the earliest surviving complete polyphonic setting of the 'turba' passages in a Passion, this work has a significant place...

Reviewed by David Fallows in issue: 3/1987

Strauss Arabella

A performance recorded in Munich in 1963 had the same Arabella, Mandryka and conductor (DG, 11/95 – nla). That production...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 1/2006

Lachenmann NUN

Both these releases qualify as essential listening. Though composed about 15 years apart, NUN and Ausklang have much in common....

Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 1/2008

C.P.E. Bach: Sinfonias & Concertos

All the music in this new disc from Deutsche Harmonia Mundi is currently available elsewhere in The Classical Catalogue and...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 4/1991

Elgar Symphony no 1; In the South

As Elgar himself said to the young Boult after a triumphant performance of the Second Symphony in 1920 – till...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 3/2002

Donizetti (L') Elisir d'amore

As befits a comedy of manners with an exceptionally precise musical setting – and we’re talking about mood, not date...

Reviewed by Mike Ashman in issue: 1/2010

Haydn Trios

A well-contrasted programme of late Haydn piano trios in sympathetic performances makes for a tempting proposition. I particularly enjoyed the...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 2/1999

Schubert - Complete Piano Duets, Volume 2

Anthony Goldstone and Caroline Clemmow are sensibly presenting their survey of Schubert piano duets in seven varied recitals, each with...

Reviewed by Tim Parry in issue: 7/1999

Lisa Della Casa sings Richard Strauss

''Bohmerl'' was Strauss's endearing diminutive for the conductor who did most to propagate the composer's music during his lifetime and...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 11/1994

Adams Doctor Atomic Symphony

Guide to Strange Places is a great title that’s been waiting for a piece. Whether John Adams’s 2001 Technicolor 20-minute...

Reviewed by Philip_Clark in issue: 9/2009

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