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Lost Style

“Yi Feng (‘Lost Style’) by Ge Gan‑ru is China’s first avant-garde work” – that’s the striking claim of this remarkable...

Reviewed by Philip_Clark in issue: 10/2007

Gounod Roméo et Juliette

I enjoyed listening again to this well-prepared and comprehensive version of what I consider Gounod's most satisfying opera. I may...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 3/1987

Andras Schiff plays Bartók

Schiff's execution is brilliant throughout but his interpretative vision is sometimes unsteady. The CD conveys a vivid sense of the...

Reviewed in issue 7/1985

Rolla Viola Concertos

The music of Alessandro Rolla (1757-1841), on the evidence of this interesting CD – and I confess that my knowledge...

Reviewed by Stanley Sadie in issue: 11/1995

Klemperer and the Vienna Philharmonic - Live broadcasts

Klemperer always declared that the Vienna Philharmonic was his favourite orchestra. On the strength of these performances, most of them...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 12/2005

British music for string trio

A diverse mixture, but a pleasing one. The finest piece here is by the composer you might think least likely...

Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 8/1987

Shostakovich; Tchaikovsky Violin Concertos

Shostakovich planned his Second Violin Concerto as a 60th birthday tribute to Oistrakh. He made a mistake with the date,...

Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 2/2010

Anthems for the 21st Century

A syrupy piece of kitsch by Ward Swingle is the odd one out here. The remainder of the disc is...

Reviewed by Marc Rochester in issue: 11/2005

Linley, T II (The) Shakespeare Ode

It is easy to be condescending about a disc like this: minor music of the age of Haydn and Mozart,...

Reviewed by Stanley Sadie in issue: 5/1993

Pécou Symphonie du Jaguar; Vague de Pierre

Thierry Pécou, the 40-something French composer and pianist, named his Ensemble Zellig after the main protagonist in Woody Allen’s 1983...

Reviewed by Philip_Clark in issue: 9/2010

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