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Rameau Dardanus

Remarkably, Dardanus has only received a single staged performance in the UK and so this live recording reminds us that...

Reviewed by Jonathan Freeman-Attwood in issue: 7/2007

Mozart Mass in C Minor

Mozart was alone among his contemporaries in his ability to grasp the lessons of Handel and Bach: even Haydn’s encounter...

Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 13/2010

Cikada String Quartet - In due Tempi

The three works here are sharply contrasted, each demanding different approaches, naturally enough, and different sets of skills. Of the...

Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 12/2005

Gavin Bryars After the Requiem

What a disconcerting composer Gavin Bryars is. One moment he is producing music of hypnotic individuality, the next he seems...

Reviewed in issue 9/1991

Rameau (Les) Indes galantes

Rameau was known to the Parisians mainly as a theorist, and he was 50 when he burst on the operatic...

Reviewed by Richard Lawrence in issue: 4/2006

Salzburg Lieder Recitals, 1962-64

It is a blooming, plump-cheeked, black-andwhite Fischer-Dieskau that we see in the book of words which accompanies this set: this...

Reviewed by hfinch in issue: 11/1989

Schubert Piano Works

One of the most attractive features of Peter Katin’s latest Schubert disc is its comfortable intimacy, conjuring images of the...

Reviewed in issue 6/1996

Leighton Chamber Works

This premiere recording of chamber music by Kenneth Leighton is played by the Wallfischs, father and son, who have commissioned...

Reviewed by hfinch in issue: 5/1993

Chadwick Aphrodite; Elegy; Suite symphonique

This is a landmark for Chadwick, since all three works are virtually unknown and these are first recordings. The Suite...

Reviewed by Peter Dickinson in issue: 6/1997

Franck Complete Organ Works

The monochrome quality of this instrument as it hums its way innocuously through the Fantaisie in C, coupled with the...

Reviewed by Marc Rochester in issue: 12/2002

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