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Review of Bizet Carmen Suite; (L')Arlesienne Suites

Bizet Carmen Suite; (L')Arlesienne Suites

Couplings of L'Arlésienne and Carmen Suites have long been a favourite. All four of the above CDs are highly recommendable,...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 6/2008

Review of I was born in love with you

I was born in love with you

Sopranos in particular seem to be drawn to the songs of Michel Legrand, with their long, languorous melodies and pretty...

Reviewed by Adrian Edwards in issue: 5/2000

Review of David Bedford My Mother, my sister and I

David Bedford My Mother, my sister and I

The mother of the title is Emmeline Pankhurst, the two sisters her daughters Christabel and Sylvia. David Bedford’s piece about...

Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 8/1999

Review of Mahler Symphony No 4

Mahler Symphony No 4

“Glorious” and “sublime” were among the epithets applied to the playing of Dresden’s “Royal Chapel” ensemble when Mahler’s Fourth Symphony...

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 8/2008

Review of Dvorák Piano Quintet; String Quartet No 10.

Dvorák Piano Quintet; String Quartet No 10.

It's fascinating to compare this mellifluous, warmly blended account of Dvorak's Second Piano Quintet with the more assertive - and...

Reviewed in issue 12/1999

Review of Wolf Italienisches Liederbuch (excs)

Wolf Italienisches Liederbuch (excs)

Having listened to eight versions of the Italian Songbook recently in the course of preparing a book about Lieder on...

Reviewed in issue 2/1986

Review of Handel Samson

Handel Samson

The choice of items and alternatives here closely follows the old version Vincent Novello edited, and includes a lot of...

Reviewed in issue 5/1985

Review of Henze Six Songs from the Arabian; Three Auden Songs

Henze Six Songs from the Arabian; Three Auden Songs

Hans Werner Henze says that he doesn’t accept commissions any more, but he was clearly eager to break his rule...

Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 4/2001

Review of Palestrina Lamentations, Book 3

Palestrina Lamentations, Book 3

Just in time for Easter, the Choir of Westminster Cathedral presents a full set of Palestrina’s Lamentations for the triduum...

Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 5/2007

Review of Purcell Harmonia Sacra and Complete Organ Music

Purcell Harmonia Sacra and Complete Organ Music

By no means all of Purcell’s mesmeric devotional songs found their way into Henry Playford’s Harmonia Sacra of 1688 and...

Reviewed by Jonathan Freeman-Attwood in issue: 3/1996


 

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Reinvented almost 60 years since the introduction of the original, this preamp/power amp combination...

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