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Shostakovich Romances & Monologues for Bass & Piano

Shostakovich’s song­cycles are rare enough visitors to the CD catalogue‚ and the greater part of this new disc has no...

Reviewed in issue 5/2002

Nicholas Ludford, Volume 3

The much-acclaimed ASV Ludford project continues with Vol. 3 and two five-voice works, the motet Domine Jesu Christe and the...

Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 7/1994

Bax Chamber Works

Chandos and the Sir Arnold Bax Trust continue their immense service to this British composer with this important disc containing...

Reviewed in issue 4/1991

Walton Orchestral Works

With Walton's three brilliant comedy overtures Portsmouth Point, Scapino and the Johannesburg Festival, providing the cornerstone, this makes a delightful...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 11/1991

Leclair Violin Sonatas

So far, Leclair seems hardly to have caught public attention in this, the tercentenary year of his birth. A well-played...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 7/1997

Kell plays Mozart Clarinet Works

Jack Brymer, who contributes admirable insert-notes to this CD (though they weren't properly proof-read), calls the present performances ''superb'', and...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 8/1992

Vaughan Williams Songs

The programme here has an identity of its own and as such is without competitors. Its ‘theme’ is to collect...

Reviewed by John Steane in issue: /2000

Monteverdi Musica Sacra

During the last few years Rinaldo Alessandrini and the Concerto Italiano have acquired a formidable reputation, above all for their...

Reviewed by Iain Fenlon in issue: 7/1996

Prokofiev Violin Concertos; Violin Sonata, Op 115

Two or three minutes into the first movement of the First Concerto and I had already forgotten such concepts as...

Reviewed in issue 6/1996

Leoncavallo Melodies and Songs

Leoncavallo is said to have composed his most famous song, Mattinata, especially for The Gramophone Company, and Caruso’s disc with...

Reviewed by Patrick O'Connor in issue: 8/2006

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