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Handel Music for the Royal Fireworks; Water Music

The Water Music has traditionally been divided into three suites, as it is here, but a recently rediscovered early manuscript...

Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 3/2006

Dvorák Symphony 8; Scherzo capriccioso

Since the sound on this new Decca issue is so full and spectacular, I have limited myself to CD comparisons,...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 2/1986

Accentus - transcriptions 2

Their first disc of transcriptions (Naïve, A/03 - nla) was, and remains, one of the most impressive displays of choral...

Reviewed by Marc Rochester in issue: 3/2007

Palestrina Masses on Cipriano de Rore's Madrigals

This is the third recording of choral works by Palestrina by an Italian ensemble to appear in the last few...

Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 12/1997

(A) Tribute to Sir Fred

‘Fred’ was, of course, Sir Frederick Ashton, the great British choreographer who studied under Massine, and later with Marie Rambert...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 7/2004

Corelli Sonatas for Strings, Vol 1

Riding on the crest of the Corelli revival is the first in a series of recordings of the trio sonatas...

Reviewed in issue 6/1991

Handel Water Music & Vivaldi The Four Seasons

What it is that, in the presence of so many better ones, justifies the progress of this version of The...

Reviewed by John Duarte in issue: 12/1987

Lost is my Quiet

The title-song of this CD, Lost is my quiet, is the gem, though there are quite a lot of other...

Reviewed by Stanley Sadie in issue: 4/2004

Schubert Piano Sonatas

Philippe Cassard’s Schubert shows many signs of the extensive experience as song accompanist he describes in his engaging booklet essay....

Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 3/2003

Berg Lulu

Lulu is an opera of such difficulty that it is hard to imagine any company being able to justify the...

Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 9/1997

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