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Martin Choral Works

Written in the aftermath of World War II, Golgotha is the sacred counterpart to Tippett’s A Child of Our Time,...

Reviewed by kYlzrO1BaC7A in issue: 13/1998

Chaliapin Edition (The), Vol. 1, 1902-1908

The inauguration of a complete Chaliapin edition on CD is news. There have been plenty of recital-discs (EMI, Nimbus, Pearl,...

Reviewed in issue 5/2001

Flying Horse: the ML Lutebook

According to lutenist Elizabeth Kenny, the anonymous The Flying Horse, with its “ground bass spiced up with an exotic chord...

Reviewed by William Yeoman in issue: 13/2009

Masses for choirs and two organs

With the expansion of the French organ in the latter part of the nineteenth century came increased opportunities to use...

Reviewed by Marc Rochester in issue: 9/1991

Copland Dance Symphony; Symphony No 1; Short Symphony

There are two attractions here: the only current recording of the Short Symphony and a fine recording of Symphony No...

Reviewed by Peter Dickinson in issue: 12/2008

Rutter Requiem; Sacred Choral Works

Though the Requiem will no doubt be its main selling-point, the disc’s principal recommendation lies in the other works included,...

Reviewed in issue 5/1998

Europa Konzert 2009

The article in the booklet, headed “The Berliners and the Neapolitan”, is mainly about Riccardo Muti. A different article could...

Reviewed by Richard Lawrence in issue: 5/2010

Tchaikovsky Iolanta

Tchaikovsky’s last opera has eluded successful recording, and still does. A Bolshoi version (HMV Melodiya, 8/78 – nla) was notable...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 2/1997

Hans Knappertsbusch - Vienna Festival 1963

These two DVDs are the stuff of legends. They derive from Austrian TV broadcasts of concerts at the Vienna Festivals...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 7/2004

American Chamber Works

Few lovers of Vivaldi's music can have overlooked the wealth of available recordings of the six works on this new...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 11/1991

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