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Brahms String Sextet 2; Bruckner Intermezzo & Trio

When first issued almost nine years ago, this disc was hailed by SP as likely to prove one of the...

Reviewed by Joan Chissell in issue: 3/1987

Bridge Orchestral Works

An ideal introduction to the music of Frank Bridge, this much-loved programme was always one of the highlights of Sir...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 11/1998

Renegade Heaven

‘Renegade Heaven’ represents a welcome return to the rawer, downtown approach of Bang on a Can’s second CD for Sony...

Reviewed in issue 8/2001

Bach Inventions and Partitas

Bach tends to sound well in any arrangement, and the Two- and Three-part Inventions certainly make entirely convincing string music,...

Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 1/2008

Milhaud Symphonies Nos 2 & 3

Given the conspicuous success of Milhaud’s first essay in this form (written in 1939 for the Chicago SO’s Golden Jubilee...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 10/1999

Beethoven Violin Concerto etc

For the third time in a row EMI offers the Beethoven Violin Concerto with one of its star violinists recorded...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 12/1992

Handel Apollo e Dafne; Silete venti

Bernard Labadie and his Violons du Roy, a Quebec group, bring plenty of energy to this programme of early Handel...

Reviewed by Stanley Sadie in issue: 3/2001

Jerusalem: Vision of Peace

This CD explores numerous aspects of the Crusades. The stirring three-part conductus Luto carens suggests a parallel between the crossing...

Reviewed by mberry in issue: 12/1998

Mahler Symphony No 8, 'Symphony of a Thousand'

Recording Mahler’s Eighth Symphony has always been a challenge and few attempts have met with complete success. Choices have to...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 7/2011

(A) Night at the Opera

Were there a Gramophone award for industriousness, Anthony Goldstone would win a nomination at least. Scarcely a month seems to...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 13/2008

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