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Segovia Canciones Populares

Very many guitarists have paid tribute to Segovia’s evangelistic work on behalf of the guitar in the twentieth century –...

Reviewed by John Duarte in issue: 4/1997

Rossini Opera Arias

June Anderson is a distinguished Rossinian who has helped pioneer, on stage and on record, the revival of several of...

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 5/1993

Rossini Opera Arias

‘Bruce Ford: Serious Rossini’ is the title of this compilation disc from Opera Rara‚ and very agreeable it is‚ too....

Reviewed in issue 1/2002

Schoenberg Gurrelieder

This new recording of Gurrelieder, made after a 2006 tour and released to celebrate Michael Gielen’s 80th birthday, is the...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 13/2007

Gerber Works for Bassoon and orchestra

Unknown piano music by Grieg? Well, arguably there is not enough of this composer for us to turn aside from...

Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 12/1990

Donizetti (L') Elisir d' Amore

The best first: picture and soundtracks are excellent. Otherwise… This is what’s usually called a ‘semi-staged’ production, without sets, although...

Reviewed by mscott rohan in issue: 9/2003

Godard Histoire du Cinéma

Reality comes to us in fragments. We open a door, a telephone starts ringing, a helicopter flies overhead, then a...

Reviewed by rthomas in issue: 2/2000

Brahms Symphony No.2; Alto Rhapsody

How pleasant it is to be able to welcome a new recording of a Brahms symphony with almost total enthusiasm....

Reviewed in issue 2/1990

Rameau Les Indes Galantes

The colourful ‘simphonies’ contained in Rameau’s stage works seduce performers and audience alike. The Flemish chamber orchestra of modern instruments,...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 11/1998

Hérold La fille mal gardée - excerpts

The Royal Ballet's La fille mal gardee remains a source of perpetual delight, not least for the music that John...

Reviewed by Andrew Lamb in issue: 1/1994

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