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Bach Cantatas Nos 106, 118b & 198

Twenty years intervened between the composition of these deeply affecting funeral cantatas. Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit dates from...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 5/1991

David Stanhope - (A) Virtuoso Recital

David Stanhope is an Australian conductor, composer, horn-player and trombonist who claims he only occasionally finds time to practise the...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 7/2006

Haydn Symphonies Nos 22,78 and 82

Three strikingly contrasted symphonies here, with the C minor, No. 78, forming a tonal pivot between the C major L'ours...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 9/1991

Richard Strauss: Tone Poems

As on LP I would firmly opt for this CD version of the three most popular Strauss symphonic poems, even...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 9/1984

Franck/Indy Orchestral Works

I like the proportions of Dutoit's Franck—classical, slender, with a fine sense of forward movement and architecture. Here is a...

Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 1/1992

Bach Lute Works

Nigel North's confrontation of the difficult problem of playing Bach's lute music (or, rather, that which is sometimes believed to...

Reviewed by John Duarte in issue: 6/1986

Le Bestiaire

Graham Johnson once again demonstrates his skill in programme-building in this latest anthology of his, an ingenious collection of songs...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 8/1986

Cherubini Requiem in C minor; Marche funèbre

This is a strong addition to the available recordings of a work that was profoundly admired by Beethoven and even...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 4/1996

Mario Lanza - When Day is done

This year sees the 40th anniversary of Mario Lanza’s early death in Rome, aged only 38. If his posthumous reputation...

Reviewed in issue 1/1999

Tielman Susato Dansereye 1551

Listening to this disc is, to the ear, what participating in a delectable wine-tasting is to the palate. These 34...

Reviewed by mberry in issue: 1/1994

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