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Jonathan Lemalu - Opera Arias

As a glance above shows, this is a formidable undertaking for any young singer whether in respect of vocal resources,...

Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 6/2005

Rossini Petite Messe Solennelle

Like so many things Rossinian, the Petite messe solennelle, one of the most original and engaging of all settings of...

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 12/1984

The Typewriter Leroy Anderson Favorites

Light music connoisseurs will doubtless already have invested in Frederick Fennell’s sparkling Mercury collection which contains many of the items...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 1/1996

Classical Masterpieces

A curious collection (one would have thought that the Schubert Overture might have been placed first) but it works well....

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 3/1990

Debussy Orchestral Works

Toscanini's 1950 La mer is sharply chiselled precise, clear and a virtuoso showpiece for orchestra. There are no mysterious half-lights,...

Reviewed in issue 2/1992

Monteverdi Madrigals, Book 5

In his Fifth Book of Madrigals, Monteverdi gradually detaches himself (regretfully?) from the world of its predecessor, published only two...

Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 2/2008

Kodály & Prokofiev Orchestral works

It was a bright idea of someone's to couple together two popular suites about heroes of whom one was bogus...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 4/1985

Handl Lamentations of Jeremiah

Jacob Handl, or Gallus (the Latin equivalent of Handl, which means rooster), after a time assimilating the ever-conflating styles of...

Reviewed by Jonathan Freeman-Attwood in issue: 12/1997

Vaughan Williams Symphonies 2 & 8

Inscribed to ‘Glorious John with love and admiration from Ralph’‚ Vaughan Williams’s Eighth Symphony received its first play­through in Manchester’s...

Reviewed in issue 9/2001

Bach Violin Concertos

Shumsky touches these works with the affection and understanding of one who has had a long love-affair with them, one...

Reviewed by John Duarte in issue: 9/1992

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