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Liszt Hungarian Coronation Mass

After Liszt 's Gran Mass and Missa choralis, it was natural that he should be the one asked to compose...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 3/1986

Bantock Thalaba the Destroyer

Completed in July 1899 and first heard under Henry Wood the following May‚ Thalaba the Destroyer was the first of...

Reviewed in issue 1/2002

Ponchielli (La) Gioconda

The title-role in Ponchielli’s La Gioconda was a favourite with Zinka Milanov throughout her career, and this 1960 broadcast from...

Reviewed by Patrick O'Connor in issue: 4/2007

Alwyn Symphonies Nos 1 & 3

Completed in 1956 and premiered that year by Beecham, the third of William Alwyn’s five symphonies won approval for its...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 2/2006

Handel Music for the Royal Fireworks; Water Music

Kingsway Hall in 1971 was the venue for these performances of Handel's most popular pair of works—music which was of...

Reviewed in issue 7/1986

Brahms: Songs and Romances for Chorus

It is not always good news in the Ladies' Choral Society that the conductor has produced another new work for...

Reviewed in issue 10/1986

Liszt New Discoveries, Vol 2

Here, as in Volume 1 (1/03), is a scholar’s paradise, a place which amply confirms Liszt’s tireless capacity for adventure...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 8/2004

Vaughan Williams (A) London Symphony; etc

‘Dapper, thoughtful but uninvolving’ must be the verdict on the latest instalment in Sir Roger Norrington’s VW symphony cycle for...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 12/2000

Kiner Star Wars: (The) Clone Wars

This animated take on the Star Wars films from producer George Lucas disappeared very swiftly from UK cinema screens during...

Reviewed by Adrian Edwards in issue: 12/2008

Romantics in England - Cello & Piano Works

The recordings on this CD of sonatas by Walter Macfarren (rather less well known than his blind brother-composer, George) and...

Reviewed by Jeremy Dibble in issue: 9/2009

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