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From a Spanish Palace Songbook

Rarely can such a deed so devoid of immediate musical resonance have inspired such a wealth of musical tributes as...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 9/1992

Mussorgsky Boris Godunov

This was Christoff's second recording of Boris and since it is in stereo and is more complete than its mono...

Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 9/1988

Chamber Music by Finzi and Michael Berkeley

It was very astute of the Finzi Trust to have commissioned a string quartet from Michael Berkeley to commemorate the...

Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 8/1985

Britten The Little Sweep, etc

Two discs here contain music that Britten wrote for children, yet one must not imagine that they are cosy and...

Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 11/1993

Stravinsky (The) Firebird (1910 version); (Le) Chant du Rossignol.

This striking SACD provides remarkably high-calibre recordings: both works sound pretty marvellous played back through normal CD equipment. But if...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 9/2006

Kancheli Caris Mere; Night Prayers etc

I waxed lyrical, or tried to, about Kancheli’s Morning Prayers and Evening Prayers in April 1995. But I can’t compete...

Reviewed in issue 4/1997

Ethel

Cantaloupe is part of that quintessentially New York enterprise, Bang On A Can, founded by composers Michael Gordon, David Lang...

Reviewed by bwitherden in issue: 2/2004

Baroque Music of Latin America

This disc is a reissue of a recording made in 1992, but previously only available on a very limited basis:...

Reviewed by Ivan Moody in issue: /2000

Cornet Choral Works

Of all James Johnstone’s fine recitals this is my favourite, if for no other reason than it has introduced me...

Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 12/2005

Chopin/Liszt Piano Works

Since the death of Jorge Bolet and the departure of Alicia de Larrocha for new pastures, Decca seem to have...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 7/1994

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