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Mendelssohn Symphony No. 2

As Peter Ward Jones points out in his excellent note to this record, Mendelssohn subtitled his Lobgesang not Symphony No....

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 5/1992

Mélodies

The name has been around, steadily winning recognition and approval over the past few years, even with a rumour accruing:...

Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 4/2011

Vives Doña Francisquita

Amadeo Vives, one of the most cultured and technically accomplished writers for the Spanish musical theatre, composed over 100 zarzuelas...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 9/1994

Forqueray Pieces de Viole & Clavecin

Antoine Forqueray was a favoured bass viol player at Louis XIV's court. He was also a gifted composer for his...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 5/1992

Thomas/Gounod/Lalo String Quartets

This is one of the most interesting chamber programmes to come my way in many a month and the lustrous-sounding...

Reviewed in issue 12/1994

Cimarosa Il Matrimonio Segreto

Consider the stamina shown just over 200 years ago in Vienna, when after listening to a three-hour opera (presumably plus...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 1/1997

Franck Orchestral Works

François-Xavier Roth, not this time with his ‘period’ ensemble Les Siècles but with the Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège, conducts...

Reviewed by Geoffrey Norris in issue: 11/2011

Catalani La Wally

For its historical importance (an off-putting phrase, but true, I believe) as well as its intrinsic merits and the peach...

Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 9/1990

Puccini Turandot

For his first venture into opera, Chinese film director Chen Kaige (most famous for Farewell My Concubine) mounted this production...

Reviewed by po'connor in issue: 3/2010

Mozart Divertimentos, K138 & K247

Both these divertimentos are convincingly played here as chamber works, with only one instrumentalist to each part. The F major,...

Reviewed in issue 1/1986

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