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20th Century Choral Music

Is it a craving for musical simplicity, a seeking after the profoundly spiritual or just a love of beautiful sounds...

Reviewed by Marc Rochester in issue: 8/1996

Towards Silence

This recital requires some explanation. The Bach items, stylishly and thoughtfully performed, are placed at intervals throughout the disc (the...

Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 12/2007

Shostakovich Symphony No 4; Katarina Ismailova Suite

A genuine BBC Legend this. We tend to think of Kyrill Kondrashin as the most “authentic” pioneer of Shostakovich’s long-suppressed...

Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 12/2007

Sigrid Onegin (1889-1943)

There is probably no more beautiful contralto voice on record than Onegin's, and equally none with a more extensive upper...

Reviewed in issue 2/1991

Ravel Complete Works for Piano

If it is true, as has often been claimed, that Ravel was primarily a problem-solver, then one can readily see...

Reviewed by rnichols in issue: 1/2004

Bach Brandenburg Concerti

The Consort of London is to all intents and purposes, a modern instrumental ensemble, for though the stringed instruments originate...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 10/1990

Tyrants and Lovers

Colourfully displayed at the back of the booklet are nine issues of operas and recitals from which this new collection...

Reviewed in issue 13/2002

Britten Orchestral Works

The three works recorded here make an excellent programme, with well-disciplined playing by the London Symphony Orchestra and perceptive conducting...

Reviewed in issue 2/1990

Benda Melodramas

The melodramas of Georg Benda – these are two of the four he wrote – were much admired in their...

Reviewed by Stanley Sadie in issue: 10/1996

Shostakovich/Lutoslawski Orchestral Works

Inbal's is a deeply felt, well played and admirably recorded Shostakovich Tenth, and yet it does not surpass Skrowaczewski and...

Reviewed in issue 9/1992

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