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Weill Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny

Mahagonny is always going to be a problem piece for American opera companies. Although ostensibly set in the US, its...

Reviewed by Patrick O'Connor in issue: 4/2008

Theile Psalm Settings;Missa;Sonata Duplex

Johann Theile, pupil of Schutz and friend of Buxtehude, is chiefly remembered today for two things: his sacred opera Adam...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 2/1998

Bach Art of Fugue,BWV1080

It’s a long time since people believed that because the Art of Fugue was printed in open score, it was...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 9/1997

Bach Violin Sonatas and Partitas

Sifting of the proliferating CD versions of these works has so far left Sitkovetsky and Shumsky in the sieve; now,...

Reviewed by John Duarte in issue: 12/1988

Daniel Sacred opera from the 12th Century

Various features distinguish this version of The Play of Daniel. First, the text is more clearly and flexibly sung than...

Reviewed by David Fallows in issue: 11/1996

Hoddinott Piano Sonatas

Alun Hoddinott isn't a pianist himself, but he has written (so far) three concertos for the instrument and 11 sonatas....

Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 12/1993

Puccini La Bohème (DVD)

With Romeo and Juliet, film director Baz Luhrmann displayed a talent for refreshing the classics, which also enhances this Australian...

Reviewed by mscott rohan in issue: 1/2001

R Halffter & Ponce Violin Concertos

This recording, sponsored by Aeromexico to celebrate its fiftieth anniversary, gives Szeryng the opportunity to do something to propagate the...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 8/1985

Great Voices in Tchaikovsky

Memoir Classics have produced several attractive anthologies of this kind, and I rather think that the present addition is the...

Reviewed in issue 6/1994

Arnold Concerto for Two Pianos; Concerto for Piano Duet

The three major concertante works here reflect in a moving way the strange contradictions in Arnold’s character, the mixture of...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 12/2007

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