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Britten Spring Symphony. Peter Grimes (excs)

This attractive CD comes hard on the heels of the reissue of the same coupling on budget-price LP. The Spring...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 4/1987

Schulhoff Violin Sonatas

It is good to see recordings of Ervín Schulhoff’s music presenting his compositions on their own merits. If there is...

Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 3/2011

Duruflé Sacred Choral Works

Maurice Durufle has published three versions of his Requiem, and regards them all as of equal validity. The one with...

Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 5/1986

Esteban Salas Sacred music of Cuba

The story of Estevan Salas, a victim of uncaring bureaucracy, is a pathetic one. This Creole musician, of such humility...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 9/1997

Elgar Enigma Variations

Sir Andrew Davis’s warmly committed performance of the Enigma Variations, atmospherically recorded in Worcester Cathedral, introduces a highly enjoyable documentary...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 7/2005

Stokowski conducts Russian Music, Vol.1

In no part of the repertoire was Stokowski more consistently successful than in colourful, romantic Russian music. He and the...

Reviewed in issue 7/1994

Handel Opera Arias and Overtures

Some of the music in this operatic selection is unfamiliar. The ‘second overture’ in Almira, for example, is not in...

Reviewed by Stanley Sadie in issue: 8/1996

Telemann: Oboe Concertos

Three of these five oboe concertos were new to the catalogue when NA welcomed the LP in his May 1983...

Reviewed in issue 2/1986

Dvorák Tone Poems

Much to admire, as one would expect from such highly accomplished protagonists. The Berliners play with exquisite poise and sensitivity,...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 9/2005

Salieri Requiem

At the end of his life Gluck spoke of Salieri as his only true heir. Spasmodic recordings of his operas...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 10/2010

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