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Puccini (La) Rondine

La rondine is one of a musical life’s luxuries. It is like working your way lovingly through an outsize bag...

Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 12/2010

Schumann Heine Lieder

One of an impressive crop of thirty-something German Lieder singers, Florian Boesch fields a strong, incisive baritone, with a wide...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 13/2009

Geraldine Farrar in French Opera

This is a lovely, if perhaps predictable, addition to the Prima Voce series, complementing their recital of Farrar in Italian...

Reviewed in issue 1/1996

Bridge Orchestral Works Vol 3

Two first recordings frame the third volume in Richard Hickox’s Frank Bridge series: the darkly opulent Coronation March of 1911...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 3/2004

Schumann Lieder

Here is proof, if proof were needed, of the growth and variety of Lieder singers in this country. Of course,...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 12/1994

Mahler Symphony No 2

Suzuki’s gradual but assured journey through the complete Bach cantatas continues with the micro-series of works composed in Weimar between...

Reviewed by Jonathan Freeman-Attwood in issue: 8/1998

Mozart Piano Sonatas, Vol. 1

When reviewing an advance copy of the original LP in April I reiterated the old belief that both sonatas in...

Reviewed by Joan Chissell in issue: 4/1985

Balakirev; Glazunov; Shostakovich Chamber Works

Relatively neglected chamber music from St Petersburg is the theme of this nicely assembled, excellently performed disc from the London...

Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 10/2010

Penderecki (A) Polish Requiem

When Krzysztof Penderecki conducted the first complete recording of his Polish Requiem, the soloists were Polish but the orchestra and...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 1/2005

Rossini Mezzo Scenes & Arias

Rossini’s heroines, and in this case a few heroes as well, are notoriously demanding roles. Silvia Tro Santafé began her...

Reviewed by po'connor in issue: 1/2010

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