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Payne Time's Arrow

Since the early disappearance of an LP devoted to his vocal compositions (BBC, 12/77), very little of Anthony Payne’s music...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 2/1997

Ockeghem Missa 'de plus en plus'; Chansons

It’s just like the proverbial buses. We’ve had to wait 450-odd years for a recording of Ockeghem’s Mass De plus...

Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 8/1997

Mozart (Die) Zauberflöte

Asked in the accompanying documentary about the “message” of Die Zauberflöte, Nikolaus Harnoncourt responds, à la John Lennon, “love, love,...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 6/2008

Verdi Don Carlos

Half-way through the Auto-da-fe scene in Act 3 of this, the most “complete” Don Carlos ever staged, a section of...

Reviewed by po'connor in issue: 1/2008

Rachmaninov Symphonic Poems

Here is a tempting proposition for collectors who wish to explore Rachmaninov’s shorter orchestral works having acquired his symphonies without...

Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 11/2003

Liszt The Sound of Weimar

There can be little doubt that Martin Haselböck hears his Liszt from the organ loft. His five-CD set of the...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 8/2011

Vivaldi Concerti con molti strumenti, Vol 2

Europa Galante’s first volume of Vivaldi concertos ‘for many instruments’ (5/03) was a typically joyous romp, full of nervous energy...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 2/2006

Bach Goldberg Variations

Bach intended his Goldberg Variations to be played on a two-manual harpsichord. They were published around 1742 as a fourth...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 8/1986

Mozart: Don Giovanni

It is sometimes forgotten by younger opera-goers today that until Glyndebourne revived Cosi fan tutte in 1934, the score had...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 3/1991

Grieg; Smetana; Tchaikovsky Piano Trios

This a highly recommendable triptych. Grieg’s posthumosly published Andante con moto is quite a find – presumably part of an...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 8/2009

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