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Shakespeare's Lutenist

Robert Johnson's reputation in his own time was comparable with that of Dowland, but though his also rested heavily on...

Reviewed by John Duarte in issue: 4/1994

Tamberg Orchestral Works

That the newest music on this disc devoted to Eino Tamberg (80 this year) is almost 40 years old (the...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 13/2010

Buxtehude O fröhliche Stunden

This collection of Buxtehude’s church concertos (and a few other miscellaneous bits) has been hand-picked and thoughtfully researched by the...

Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 12/2007

Rameau Naissance d'Osiris - Ste. Abaris ou les Boréades - Ste.

Rameau the orchestrator never disappoints so any new disc of his airs de ballet are greedily pounced upon in this...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 4/1997

Offenbach Orphée aux enfers

Orphee aux enfers may be Offenbach’s best-known operetta, but it has had limited attention on disc. There appear to be...

Reviewed by Andrew Lamb in issue: 1/1999

Respighi; Rota; Strauss, R Violin Sonatas

“The Violin Sonata around 1900” is the subtitle of Challenge Classics’ new release but this is both stylistically and chronologically...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 9/2009

Mascagni Isabeau

Turandot and Isabeau. Puccini’s last opera comes to mind frequently while listening to Mascagni’s 10th. In a Judgement-Day scenario, where...

Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 10/2004

Handel Alceste; Comus

The events surrounding Handel's incidental music to Alceste are clouded in mystery. The play, ''a sort of Tragedy on the...

Reviewed by Jonathan Freeman-Attwood in issue: 11/1994

Copland Piano Fantasy; Piano Sonata; Piano Variations

Aaron Copland’s three major piano works span the most productive decades of his life, taking us from the austere rigour...

Reviewed by Lawrence Johnson in issue: 8/2005

Kienzl Don Quixote Op 50

The unintentional irony becomes slowly and painfully irresistible. The opera is about a man deluded by noble ideals concerning his...

Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 5/2003

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