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Verdi La Forza del Destino

I have heard a good few performances of the overture to Forza in my time but none quite so electrifying...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 6/1999

Antheil Ballet Mécanique

George Antheil's Ballet mecanique (1925-6) has acquired a notoriety—through textbook reference rather than performance—out of all proportion to its musical...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 4/1994

Festal Sacred Music of Bavaria

In this elegant and imaginative contribution to the four hundredth anniversary of the death of Lassus, the music of the...

Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 6/1994

Bach Organ Works

From the dramatic flourish which begins the Toccata, Adagio and Fugue Simon Preston commands our undivided attention. He holds it...

Reviewed by Marc Rochester in issue: 6/1992

Purcell Instrumental Music

At first glance, this disc has a somewhat bizarre look to it. One is familiar enough with extractions of instrumental...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 3/1992

Dodgson Sonatas, Volume 1

Dodgson tackles the sonata with a Haydnesque wit and avoidance of the obvious. His deft and never slavish adherence to...

Reviewed by kYlzrO1BaC7A in issue: 9/1998

Mozart Così fan tutte

Sir Charles Mackerras's high accomplishment as a conductor of Mozart's operas has been thinly represented in the record catalogue, which...

Reviewed by Stanley Sadie in issue: 4/1994

North Star

Deborah Calland has established quite a niche for herself at a time when the trumpet is enjoying prominence as a...

Reviewed by Jonathan Freeman-Attwood in issue: 9/2006

Indy Symphony No. 2/Souvenirs

Vincent d’Indy’s Second Symphony (1902-3) is a mighty utterance, epic in ambition and scale (its four movements total some three-quarters...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 8/1996

Amiot Mess des Jésuites de Pékin

A second release from XVIII-21 of the music of the Jesuit missionaries in China, this time joined by Chinese musicians...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 4/1999

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