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Mullova The Peasant Girl

It’s not easy to describe this album, a strange musical journey that takes us from North Africa to Hungary by...

Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 10/2011

Glière Orchestral Works

Even before Sir Edward Downes's recent recording (5/92), Gliere's spectacular Third Symphony had a large and enthusiastic following. Is the...

Reviewed in issue 7/1992

The Bohemians, Volume 1

Hearing the Lindsay play these quartets in concert can be a thrilling experience. Provided my memory isn't playing tricks, the...

Reviewed by Stephen Johnson in issue: 11/1991

Arne Organ Concertos

Several of Arne's organ concertos have been recorded before, but for this complete set we are once again indebted to...

Reviewed by Stanley Sadie in issue: 8/1988

Rossini (Il) barbiere di Siviglia

The catalogue lists no recording of Barbiere less than 10 years old, so it must be time for a new...

Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 10/2006

Bach Cantatas, Vol 8

Koopman’s Bach cantata cycle, launched in 1995, initially provoked mixed reactions, mainly due to various controversial interpretative decisions and some...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 10/1999

Collasse Les Cantiques spirituels de Jean Racine

Jean Racine's ''Spiritual Canticles taken from the Scriptures'', penned for the nuns of the Maison Royale at St Cyr and...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 4/1994

Monteverdi Il Combattimento di Tancredi

Monteverdi states in the preface to his Eighth Book, Madrigali guerrieri et amorosi, ''I took the divine Tasso as a...

Reviewed by Jonathan Freeman-Attwood in issue: 2/1994

Sullivan Piano Works; Chamber Works

Twenty-eight years ago I reviewed an LP of Sullivan’s instrumental music (10/74). The big difference here is the inclusion of...

Reviewed by Andrew Lamb in issue: 2/2003

Beethoven; Dvorák Violin Concertos

Josef Suk will be 80 on August 8. The elder statesman of Czech violinists, he is also the grandson of...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 9/2009

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