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Prokofiev Alexander Nevsky

This is Alexander Nevsky, but not as we know it. Prokofiev prided himself on his professionalism and his adaptability, traits...

Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 1/2005

Beethoven; Mozart; Ravel Piano Works

Throughout her live programme Imogen Cooper’s poise and overall artistry make a refreshing change from a more overt, less subtle...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 12/2007

Mozart: Lucio Silla

Lucio Silla was Mozart's second serious opera, and the last major work he wrote for Italy. It was by all...

Reviewed by Stanley Sadie in issue: 3/1991

Offenbach Overtures & Ballet Music

Barely a handful of Offenbach's over 90 operettas can be said to be even relatively well known to today's public,...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 10/1988

Brahms String Quartets 1 & 3

Not until he was 40 did the self-critical Brahms feel he'd produced a string quartet worthy of publication. It's essentially...

Reviewed by Joan Chissell in issue: 11/1994

Vagn Holmboe Complete Chamber Concertos, Volume 3

Da Capo’s series of Holmboe’s chamber concertos has been invaluable in opening out the picture one had of the composer...

Reviewed in issue 11/1998

Couperin Concerts Royaux

Couperin's four Concerts royaux were published in 1722 when they were included in a supplement to his third anthology of...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 4/1995

The English Anthem, Vol. 4

Rationing its supply of the traditionally most popular anthems, this volume has Bullock's Give us the wings of faith and...

Reviewed in issue 6/1994

Dupré Versets sur les Vêpres de la Vierge

In my 1995 “Critics’ choice” I declared the Herald recording of Dupre’s Versets to be my favourite release of the...

Reviewed by Marc Rochester in issue: 1/1996

Bach Magnificat; Handel Dixit Dominus

At her best, Emmanuelle Haim, like a tinder box, produces a combustibility of irrepressible dimensions. Yet while joyful exhortation courses...

Reviewed by Jonathan Freeman-Attwood in issue: 1/2008

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