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Tchaikovsky String Quartet No 3

This disc completes the Endellions’ Tchaikovsky set. The elegiac Third Quartet shows a typically spirited approach, with wide-ranging expression. The...

Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 12/2005

Mahler Symphony No 9

The key to the spirit of this remarkable performance comes on page six of Benjamin Zander’s booklet-note: ‘The ideal orchestra...

Reviewed by Stephen Johnson in issue: 4/1999

Mendelssohn Symphonies

There is much to be said in favour of both these new CDs of the Scottish Symphony. Dohnanyi in his...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 3/1989

Dennis Brain - Chamber Works

This is a marvellous record which does the fullest justice to the art of Dennis Brain, whom Boyd Neel called...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: /2000

Purcell King Arthur

King Arthur was conceived as a libretto by John Dryden as early as 1684 but since it conveyed extreme partiality...

Reviewed in issue 6/1995

Opera Arias - Franco Corelli

At the famous tenor's New York debut, Opera magazine's critic reported that Corelli did not appear to be ''too bright'',...

Reviewed in issue 7/1989

Alarm Will Sound - A/Rhythmia

In the tradition of the Bang On A Can All-Stars album, “Industry” (Sony Classical, 2/96), the 20 members of Alarm...

Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 11/2009

Rutter Gloria and other Sacred Music

This superb disc contains a balanced cross-section of John Rutter’s sacred choral music, spanning over a quarter century and featuring...

Reviewed in issue 8/2001

Beethoven Piano Concerto No 2; Haydn Piano Sonatas

Late Haydn and early Beethoven make a facscinating coupling of contrasts and similarities thanks to Dejan Lazic’s strongly characterised performances....

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 13/2004

Bach; Mozart Arias

As a calling-card for a young singer entering the profession, Hyunah Yu's ambitious recital shows enough genuine quality to justify...

Reviewed by Jonathan Freeman-Attwood in issue: 2/2007

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