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Telemann Cornett Cantatas

Telemann, ‘like the painter Raphael, had a first and second manner, which were extremely different from each other. In the...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 3/1999

R. Strauss Tone Poems

The CD transfer of these brilliant Decca analogue recordings of 1975 is certainly impressive, and can be warmly recommended to...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 1/1985

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

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