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Mussorgsky Boris Godunov

This is the first time this desirable set has been generally available in this country and it has been well...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 12/1996

Venables Songs

Ian Venables is an English composer not hitherto represented in the CD catalogue, yet he has a substantial reputation and...

Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 4/2000

Mendelssohn Violin Sonatas

Mendelssohn's F minor Violin Sonata bears the influence of Beethoven and Mozart, and this is perhaps what one would expect...

Reviewed in issue 8/1987

Meirion Williams Songs

Bryn Terfel, Gramophone's 1992 Young Artist of the Year, is a highly accomplished singer, skilled in some of the most...

Reviewed in issue 8/1993

Cesti (Le) disgrazie d'Amore

One of the arias in this unknown opera seemed puzzlingly familiar. A quick search of the bookshelves and there it...

Reviewed by Richard Lawrence in issue: 4/2010

Haydn Piano Trio No 30. Shostakovich Cello Concerto No1; Piano Trio No 2

The real prizes here are the Trio performances – svelte readings, perceptively phrased, technically magnificent and with a furious pace...

Reviewed in issue 11/1999

Aksel Schiøtz, Vol. 4

“Hidden Treasure” is the appropriate subtitle for this volume of the complete Schiotz recordings. It begins with the ten songs...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 5/1997

40 Degrees North (guitar works)

Xuefei Yang was the first guitarist to graduate from Beijing’s Central Conservatory of Music, after which she attended the Royal...

Reviewed by William Yeoman in issue: 7/2008

Messiaen (Les) Oiseaux

I appreciate Louise Bessette’s Messiaen because, in the age of Pierre-Laurent Aimard’s juggernaut brilliance, she brings humility to these finger-busting...

Reviewed by Philip_Clark in issue: 12/2009

Wagner Tannhäuser

This is a revelatory interpretation of a work which is not easy to bring off. André Cluytens had taken over...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 1/2005

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