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Biber Requiem; Chamber Works

The layout of Salzburg Cathedral, where Biber was Kapellmeister in the last two decades of the seventeenth century, and the...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 6/1994

Pärt Passio

Arvo Pärt’s Passio is a shining beacon among countless late-20th century religious works that confronted the formidable prospect of a...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 4/2003

Janácek; Nedbal; Novák Violin Sonatas

It is Janácek’s Sonata which dominates this recital, standing out from the other two by virtue of its ferocious originality....

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 10/2009

Vaughan Williams Symphonies

Vernon Handley's interpretation of the Sixth Symphony strikes me as a model of blistering cogency and long-term control. Don't be...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 1/1995

Pastyme with Good Companye – Music at the Court of Henry VIII

Music flourished at the court of Henry VIII, and his 58 musicians included seven flutes. Henry was an amateur songwriter...

Reviewed by mberry in issue: 11/2004

Barbirolli conducts English Music in Boston

The acoustic of the Gothenburg Concert Hall is justly celebrated and enables the orchestra to be heard at its very...

Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 8/1984

Mozart Chamber Works

Do you like your Mozart refined and graceful? Or robust and spontaneously expressive? A combination of both would be perfect,...

Reviewed in issue 9/1997

Vaughan Williams Job; The Lark ascending

Following hard on the heels of Andrew Davis’s BBC SO Job for Teldec (see above) comes a super-budget rival from...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 7/1997

Haydn (The) London Symphonies

Haydn symphonies have tended to be a bit of a graveyard when it comes to recordings: think of the promising...

Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 6/2009

Matthews, D Orchestral Works

Of the three orchestral works by David Matthews on this CD, only one – A Vision and a Journey –...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 4/2009

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