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Sheppard Missa Cantate

Something approaching this reconstruction of the Third Mass of Christmas might have been heard in Salisbury Cathedral during the last...

Reviewed by mberry in issue: 3/2001

Britten (The) Turn of the Screw

This absorbing version of Britten’s arresting masterpiece (derived from Henry James’s ever-mysterious short story) is based on the stage performances...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 10/2002

Berlioz Damnation of Faust (DVD)

This production was the sensation of the 1999 Salzburg Festival. Understandably so, I felt, after watching this riveting DVD, which...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 9/2000

Albeniz Iberia

Guitarists are no strangers to Isaac Albéniz’s Suite española, which has been plundered by soloists and duettists alike for many...

Reviewed by William Yeoman in issue: 4/2008

Lindberg Piano Concerto

The 2002 Sony Classical disc of music by Magnus Lindberg, including his Cello Concerto (1997-99, revised 2001), was one of...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 1/2005

Rawsthorne - Film Music

Incapable of shoddy craftsmanship and truly a 'composer's composer', Alan Rawsthorne (1905-71) brought a professional integrity, great clarity of expression...

Reviewed in issue 6/2000

Nelson Riddle

When these two bandleaders weren’t busy arranging and conducting for Frank Sinatra, Peggy Lee or Dean Martin among others, they...

Reviewed by Adrian Edwards in issue: 3/1998

Tippett Orchestral Works

Andrew Davis’s formidable Tippettian credentials shine through in every bar of this outstanding British Line anthology from Teldec. Aided by...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 10/1996

Mozart Requiem

Both these recordings were originally issued in March 1968, and both are very different in style—even to the pronunciation of...

Reviewed by rgolding in issue: 5/1983

Mendelssohn Piano Trios

To the two excellent performances of these trios listed above is now added a very competitive version from the Fontenay...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 9/1990

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