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Echoes of Nightingales

“At best, encore-time turns a recital into a party,” comments the late John Steane in his evocative booklet-note. As in...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 6/2011

Szymanowski/Górecki/Baird Orchestral Works

It is something of a mystery that Szymanowski’s two fine violin concertos have not been integrated into the concerto repertoire...

Reviewed by Michael Stewart in issue: 3/1996

Vivaldi Sacred Music, Vol. 3

Soloists, choirs and instruments join forces for this third volume of Vivaldi’s sacred music performed by Robert King and what,...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 8/1997

Mozart Serenade, K361

Here is yet another very fine recording of this evergreen work. The Soloists of the Chamber Orchestra of Europe are,...

Reviewed by Stanley Sadie in issue: 3/1991

Brahms Choral Works

The Liebeslieder Waltzes have long been a favourite of amateur choral societies. I suspect one reason for this is that,...

Reviewed by Marc Rochester in issue: 8/1992

Mayerl (A) Miscellany for Solo Piano Vol 2

Leslie De’Ath first recorded some Mayerl for fun and then decided to release the CD (Editor’s Choice, 12/08). Obviously he...

Reviewed by Peter Dickinson in issue: 11/2009

Mendelssohn Organ Works, Vol.1

Mendelssohn's reputation as a composer for the organ rests entirely on six Sonatas and three Preludes and Fugues. In fact...

Reviewed by Marc Rochester in issue: 10/1992

Haydn String Quartets, Op 17 Nos 3, 5 & 6

The Kodaly’s Haydn will now be familiar enough to many readers. It deploys a mellow, homogeneous tone and phrases with...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 13/1999

Schumann: Symphonies 1 & 4

Schumann's symphonies have so often been berated for their poor orchestration that there is a particular case for seeing, or...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 10/1990

Bach Easter and Ascension Oratorios

Surprisingly, this pair of ‘oratorios’ has been coupled irregularly on record. Lobet Gott in seinen Reichen (the so-called Ascension Oratorio)...

Reviewed by Jonathan Freeman-Attwood in issue: 6/2006

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