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Bach JC Symphonies

Whether JC Bach’s cosmopolitan 18th­century musical language (heard to greatest effect while he was resident in socialite London between 1762­82)...

Reviewed in issue 3/2002

Bach Christmas Oratorio

Too late for a review in time for Christmas! Never mind, there are more successful performances of Bach's Christmas Oratorio...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 3/1989

Smetana (The) Bartered Bride

Nicely timed to coincide with the 10th anniversary of Sir Peter Moore’s ‘Opera in English’ series comes this outstanding new...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 11/2005

Telemann Vocal Works

If, as I think it was H. G. Wells had it, God is some kind of benevolent old gentleman with...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 8/1994

Boyer Orchestral Works

Born in Providence‚ Rhode Island in 1970‚ Peter Boyer can boast Elmer Bernstein and John Corigliano among his teachers‚ and‚...

Reviewed in issue 13/2001

Bruckner Symphony No 9

Here is Solti in mellow mood, always preferable to his high-voltage barnstorming. That does not mean there is any lack...

Reviewed in issue 10/1986

Lambert Romeo and Juliet; Piano Concerto

The 19-year-old Constant Lambert’s assured, compact and at times heart-stoppingly beautiful 1924 Piano Concerto (realised from the two-piano short score...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 13/2005

C.P.E. Bach: Flute Concertos

C. P. E. Bach's five flute concertos date from his years at Berlin and Potsdam as harpsichordist to Frederick the...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 2/1991

Sibelius Symphonies 5 & 7

If the Fifth Symphony seems at first to be in a bit of a hurry – too fast for the...

Reviewed by Stephen Johnson in issue: 6/1998

(The) Piano Tuner

The Fidelio Trio’s advocacy of British music continues with this disc of piano trios from Scottish (and Scottish-based) composers. The...

Reviewed by Richard_Whitehouse in issue: 1/2011

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