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The Composer Conducts

An attractive-looking idea. In reality, alas, this new British Composers offering serves up, with one or two notable exceptions, a...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 8/1994

Granados Goyescas

What first catches the eye is the listing of three 'unknown' pieces by Falla, which were not published until 34...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 12/1990

Wagner Tristan und Isolde

These broadcast performances from the Barbican were much admired when the concerts were given in 2002-3. While appreciating that the...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 11/2006

Sigurbjörnsson Skálholt Mass

Iceland is a country of tremendous musical richness, as those who have followed at least in part the posthumous success...

Reviewed by Ivan Moody in issue: 11/2003

Scriabin: Piano Works

This is a rather variable release. I found myself wondering now many of the pieces played were actually a part...

Reviewed by James Methuen-Campbell in issue: 4/1989

Pergolesi Stabat Mater; Salve Regina

The way of the Cross has never been more gently depicted than in the opening of this Stabat mater. The...

Reviewed in issue 5/1994

Ponchielli La Gioconda

In spite of the fact that it was recorded almost 40 years ago, this remains a competitive version. Though three...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 9/1996

D. Scarlatti Complete Keyboard Sonatas, Vol 2

No sooner does Naxos commence one immense project (the complete piano music of Liszt, for example) than it starts another....

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 2/2000

Ysaye Music for Strings

Ysaÿe’s own music was all but engulfed by his performing career and the only composition of note that has held...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 10/2011

Stravinsky Agon; Canticum Sacrum; Requiem Canticles

I can’t recall ever having enjoyed a recording of the late, gnomic Requiem Canticles quite as much as this one:...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 4/2009

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