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Gershwin Orchestral Works

As a man whose music has heightened the impact of so many favourite films, one might expect John Williams, the...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 9/1991

Glenn Gould plays Bach and Scarlatti

Imperious and wistful, authoritarian and whimsical, idiosyncratic yet creating his own ambience and lucidity, mischievous yet of the fiercest integrity,...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 2/1998

Rossini Stabat Mater

It is not unusual for a recording to come along which is fascinating to encounter but which one would hesitate...

Reviewed in issue 6/2001

Donizetti Lucia di Lammermoor

The drama of Ravenswood and Ashton and the poor girl crushed between them is played out faithfully against a background...

Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 13/2004

Senfl Deutsche Lieder; Carmina

This is the second recital in a year devoted to the music of Heinrich Isaac's most famous pupil, and his...

Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 3/2000

Bernstein Serenade; Facsimile; Divertimento

This is even better than Marin Alsop’s previous Bernstein collection (Naxos, 10/03), combining a more generous playing-time with top-notch sound,...

Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 12/2005

Mozart: String Quartets

For all their external splendour, the previous performances in the Alban Berg's latest survey of Mozart's mature quartets have, for...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 4/1991

Bloch/Bruch/Tchaikovsky Cello Works

The Rococo Variations are given a stylish performance by Maria Kliegel, with quietly individual phrasing (especially in the Andante sections),...

Reviewed in issue 11/1994

Chen, Q Iris Dévoilée; Reflet d'un temps disparu; Wu Xing

A decade ago you couldn’t move for releases by Estonians, Latvians, Lithuanians and others emerging from under the Soviet shadow....

Reviewed by bwitherden in issue: 4/2003

Bartók Complete String Quartets

Recently, I gave a warm welcome to the Eder Quartet's recordings of Bartok's First and Fifth Quartets (Teldec/Conifer AZ6 42983,...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 12/1984

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