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Rossini Opera Arias

When a singer as remarkable as this establishes himself as more than a seven-day—indeed a tenyear wonder, even the most...

Reviewed in issue 12/1989

Bach Violin Sonatas

After the recent unexpected profusion of period-instrument recordings of the Bach sonatas for violin and obbligato keyboard, initial reaction to...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 12/1997

Ades (The) Tempest

Thomas Adès’s “ism”-defying output gains in variety all the time, but whatever he comes up with in the future it...

Reviewed by John Allison in issue: 8/2009

Messiaen Piano Works

Amazingly the EMI Argerich/Rabinovitch Visions de l'Amen I reviewed only in December 1990 has already been deleted, along with the...

Reviewed in issue 6/1992

Armstrong Violin Concerto No 1, 'Immer'; One Minute; Memory Takes My Hand

The BBC SO are giving the premiere of the Violin Concerto at the Saint-Denis Festival with Clio Gould this summer....

Reviewed by Adrian Edwards in issue: 9/2008

Monteverdi L'Orfeo

Garrido’s reading of Orfeo is dramatic, lively and committed, and it is well served by a carefully chosen and well-matched...

Reviewed by Iain Fenlon in issue: 10/1998

Krebs Organ works in the style of Bach

These two recordings are a monument to Scotland's eminent early sixteenth-century composer, whose art and genius are only just beginning...

Reviewed by mberry in issue: 10/1991

Great Pianists of the 20th Century - André Watts

The inclusion of the American pianist Andre Watts in Philips’s Great Pianists of the Twentieth Century series will, I suspect,...

Reviewed by Tim Parry in issue: 8/1999

Lloyd, G Symphonies Nos 1 & 12

The booklet-note here tells us that George Lloyd's ''distinctive tuneful style... manages to build on a renewal of our musical...

Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 2/1991

Glass Symphony No 8

For those of us who are evangelical about Glass’s trail-blazing early work, encounters with his new pieces are becoming increasingly...

Reviewed by Philip_Clark in issue: 7/2006

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