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Mäntyjärvi; Martin; Ticheli Choral Works

The major work here is Frank Martin's incandescent Mass (1922, rev 1926), written as “an affair between me and God”,...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 12/2006

Puccini Heroines

Admiring much in the performances, I did not enjoy the sound one bit. We know that sometime after her glorious...

Reviewed in issue 2/1988

Brahms & Mendelssohn String Quartets

Even if no applause had been included, you could guess that these two quartets were recorded live—in fact at the...

Reviewed by Joan Chissell in issue: 10/1990

Mozart Violin Concertos Nos 3 and 5; Sinfonia Concertante

These are bright, lively performances, on modern instruments but well aware of 18th-century style. The finales of all three works...

Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 2/2011

Brahms Alto Rhapsody, etc

Congratulations are due to all concerned here. That includes the compilers who drew the best out of the two LP...

Reviewed in issue 11/1996

Enrico Caruso Opera Recital

The Caruso recital is ordered chronologically, though all are from Victor originals so that the earliest recordings are unrepresented. The...

Reviewed in issue 10/1989

Verdi Aroldo

Verdi’s revisions are invariably improvements‚ but Aroldo‚ his 1857 recasting of Stiffelio‚ isn’t a simple revision. Stiffelio’s plot‚ of a...

Reviewed in issue 2/2002

Finzi Violin Concerto etc.

Finzi began work on his Concerto for small orchestra and solo violin in 1925, dedicating it to Sybil Eaton (a...

Reviewed in issue 5/2001

Lim (The) Heart's Ear

Liza Lim’s music brings, it would seem, a metaphysical baggage with it. According to the insert notes by Max Nyffeler...

Reviewed by Ivan Moody in issue: 6/2003

Tippett Concerto for Double String Orchestra; Berg Violin Concerto

Did his mastery of mainstream European orchestral music leave Rudolf Kempe at a loss when confronted with Tippett’s Utopian synthesis...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 9/2007

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