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Betrachte, meine Seel

In this grand sweep of German sacred arias, covering more than 100 years from Bach in 1724 to Mendelsssohn’s Elijah...

Reviewed by Jonathan Freeman-Attwood in issue: 11/2006

Wagner Die Walküre

This performance, made during the period when Decca's Ring was in progress, has in consequence tended to be overlooked. Leinsdorf...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 5/1992

Peter Warlock - Some Little Joy

Warlock survives through his songs and his memory is kept alive by the Peter Warlock Society. It was an ingenious...

Reviewed by Peter Dickinson in issue: 12/2008

Berwald/Wikmanson String Quartets

The Berwald quartets suffer a wholly unaccountable neglect and hover on the edges of the repertory, seldom venturing into our...

Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 3/1995

Bloch Concerto Grossi; Hindemith Four Temperaments

Bloch’s two Concerti Grossi and Hindemith’s Four Temperaments make such an obvious and enjoyable coupling that it’s hard to understand...

Reviewed in issue 5/2002

Caldara Cantatas; Sonatas for Two Violins and Continuo

This very agreeable disc samples the two chamber genres favoured by Antonio Caldara, prolific writer of operas and oratorios in...

Reviewed by Stanley Sadie in issue: 10/2004

Verdi Pezzi sacre

This, the first version of these pieces to be submitted for review on CD, will be hard to surpass. I...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 3/1985

Haydn Symphonies Nos. 103 & 104

It is curious the way Harnoncourt, such a stickler for authenticity in his Bach cantatas (which I enjoy), takes a...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 2/1988

Chopin Preludes & Piano Sonata 2

This is Kissin's third Chopin recital for RCA, and sadly it is his least distinguished. Declaring himself a potentate or...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 4/2000

Haydn Divertimenti

Haydn’s Divertimentos are surprisingly under-represented in the catalogue; yet, besides providing valuable insights about the composer’s later symphonic style, these...

Reviewed in issue 2/1996

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