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Severn & Somme

One should not, I suppose, talk of “nailing” composers, particularly one so sensitive as Ivor Gurney. But it is a...

Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 13/2006

Wagner Siegfried

In Mime’s smithy, a tatty kitchen-diner, he clinks spoons on bowls instead of hammering swords, and reacts to stress by...

Reviewed by mscott rohan in issue: 6/2004

Glass Dance Pieces

Collectors of Glass should be warned that this new issue is not as generous or novel as it might at...

Reviewed in issue 10/1987

Arnold Concertos

Malcolm Arnold is the master of what might be described as the 'quarter-hour concerto'. Neo-classical in scale and aim, the...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 8/1989

Beethoven Missa Solemnis

You will need to wait the best part of three quarters of an hour before getting to the heart of...

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 13/2010

Verdi Ernani

Gnarled and cynical old opera-goers were known to wobble like jellies after the BBC showed a video of the La...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 1/1984

Haydn: Keyboard Works

The sleeve-note does not divulge Julia Cload's nationality, but as the record was produced in England by the late Hans...

Reviewed in issue 9/1986

Liszt Piano Works

This generously packed CD pays eloquent tribute to Tamás Vásáry’s early celebrity and a furore partly launched by Liszt recordings...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 9/2003

Eccard Choral Works

An all-Eccard CD is long overdue since his music is woefully under-represented in the catalogue. This recording (released to mark...

Reviewed by Malcolm Riley in issue: 9/2011

Schubert Choral Works

The Sawallisch reissue sounds every bit as fine as I remember it, and the CD transfer does it full justice....

Reviewed by Stephen Johnson in issue: 9/1990

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