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Saint-Saëns (3) Violin Concertos

Saint-Saëns dedicated his First and Third Concertos to Sarasate who, we are told, was ‘famed for the classic purity of...

Reviewed by rnichols in issue: 11/2003

Purcell Dioclesian and Timon of Athens Masques

The grand tradition of the masque in England has deep roots as a complete musico-dramatic entity in Elizabethan times, yet...

Reviewed by Jonathan Freeman-Attwood in issue: 11/1994

Medtner Piano Sonatas

The first release in Marco Polo's three-volume survey of the Medtner Piano Sonatas received a less than favourable review from...

Reviewed by Michael Stewart in issue: 5/1992

Bach Organ Works

This is a DG Original long overdue. Drawing mainly on four solo Bach recordings from 1964 to ’69 (of which...

Reviewed by Jonathan Freeman-Attwood in issue: 11/2005

Lamento d'Arianna

This is a highly imaginative and most fascinating issue. Hearing the lament from Monteverdi's otherwise lost opera L'Arianna today, whether...

Reviewed in issue 2/1985

Schumann Chamber Works

Though in later life much preoccupied with larger orchestral, choral and operatic projects as well as public platform duties as...

Reviewed by Joan Chissell in issue: 3/1994

Verdi Il Trovatore

After listening to a clutch of new opera sets that any decent enough but don't seem to me to have...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 11/1984

Joyce DiDonato - Passion!

Although not identical in their recitals, Joyce DiDonato and Barbara Hendricks have chosen many of the same songs. It’s difficult,...

Reviewed by po'connor in issue: 10/2007

Denyer Finding Refuge in the Remains

Few composers employ sound in the creation of form more imaginatively than Frank Denyer. Listening to ‘The Tender Sadness of...

Reviewed by kYlzrO1BaC7A in issue: 10/1999

Ravel & Roussel Orchestral works

Why, you might well ask, couple on one disc the most recorded orchestral piece in the repertoire with a symphony...

Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 3/1992

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