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Songs of Heaven and Earth

Here is a rare appearance on disc of music by Brian Brockless (1926-95). He was not prolific, concentrating his energies...

Reviewed by Marc Rochester in issue: 3/2004

Poulenc Choral Works

Figure humaine, one of Poulenc's finest major works consists of settings of eight poems by Paul Eluard that were circulated...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 3/1990

Debussy Piano Works, Vol 4

Volume 4 completes Noriko Ogawa’s Debussy cycle. And here in the 12 Etudes she faces her stiffest challenge, one where...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 9/2008

Bach French Suites

Christophe Rousset has been moving through Bach’s harpsichord music at a leisurely pace since appearing on the scene a dozen...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 5/2005

Walton Troilus and Cressida (highlights)

If Walton's sense of humour was firmly established from the start in Facade, his one-acter, The Bear, among his later...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 1/1994

Chaminade Songs

Here is something to delight all but the most misanthropic listeners. Even by their own standards, this is one of...

Reviewed by Patrick O'Connor in issue: 2/2002

Beethoven Late Quartets

Virtuosity serving profundity? An unlikely concept perhaps but it happens here. Sample the fifth movement, Presto, of Op 131 and...

Reviewed by Nalen Anthoni in issue: 11/2010

Sullivan Pineapple Poll; Symphony in E

A coupling of these works has never appeared before. Yet Mackerras’s medley of Savoy melodies provides an ideal appetiser for...

Reviewed by Andrew Lamb in issue: 11/2007

Schubert Alfonso und Estrella

On the stage, Alfonso und Estrella makes a poor impression, for, as in other of his operas, Schubert's failure to...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 12/1994

Wagner Parsifal

Collectors whose shelves groan with recordings of Wagner’s final music drama might be hoping that this one can safely be...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 13/2011

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