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Fibich/Smetana Orchestral Works

You'd be hard pressed to assign a particular nationality to Zdenek Fibich's First Symphony (1877). Now and then, it's true,...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 12/1993

Silent Noon Songs of Vaughan Williams

Heartfelt gratitude is due, in the first place, for Along the Field. A recording was made by Nancy Evans and...

Reviewed in issue 5/1994

Dowland Lachrimae

The ''Seaven Passionate Pavans'' are the ''Seaven Teares'' and, as Dowland's intentions (if any) regarding complete performance remain unknown, they...

Reviewed by John Duarte in issue: 1/1993

Berg Lieder

The exploration of Berg's unpublished songs continues: of the 30 in this collection 17 remained locked away for many years...

Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 11/1992

Handel (La) Maga Abbandonata - Arias & Duets

‘La maga abbandonata’ (‘The sorceress abandoned’) isn’t a newly- discovered work by Handel, alas, but merely a collection of arias...

Reviewed by Stanley Sadie in issue: 10/2003

Rachmaninov Symphony No. 3; Symphonic Dances

Hard to believe performances as vibrant, soulful and involving as these have never previously made it onto CD (they were...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 1/2009

Bach Das Wohltemperirte Klavier, Book 2

It's good to have a performance of Book 2 of the 48 by itself—on only two discs, what's more, though,...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 3/1987

Saint-Saëns Complete Wind Chamber Works

Describing the first movement of Saint-Saëns’s Septet, the baffling booklet-notes to this set maintain that “a sort of secret settles,...

Reviewed by Geoffrey Norris in issue: 10/2010

Fauré Complete Nocturnes

In his accompanying essay Stefan Irmer, a young German pianist, makes a provocative claim for a re‑ordering of Fauré’s Nocturnes....

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 5/2011

Bruckner Symphony No. 8

To play Bruckner’s Eighth Symphony, patiently and without frenzy, in the extended Haas edition and yet to land home and...

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 2/1996

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