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Shostakovich Film Music

Shostakovich composed some 30 film scores, a number of which have never appeared on gramophone record in any shape or...

Reviewed in issue 5/1988

Zimmermann String Quartets Op 3

Anton Zimmermann (1741–81) came from the Silesian area, the north-east of what is now the Czech Republic, and worked mainly...

Reviewed by Stanley Sadie in issue: 2/2004

Gounod Mass

Lionel Salter, when reviewing the LP version of this performance, advised diabetics to steer well clear of it, but allowed...

Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 4/1985

Mozart Symphony No 33, K319; Serenade No 9,K320

These are all works already well known in stylish recordings by the Academy of St Martin’s, but always till now...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 3/1998

Börtz Marie Antoinette

Processions and riots enflamed the streets of Stockholm last winter: the Folkoperan were at it again. The latest production from...

Reviewed by hfinch in issue: 13/1998

A Date with the Devil

The programme for the proposed diabolonian date is jolly enough; it’s just a pity that when he materialises in the...

Reviewed in issue 9/2002

Tansman Piano Concerto No 2

The Rhapsody is hit-and-miss but the Tansman is revealed as a hidden gem After Alexandre Tansman performed his own Second...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 3/2011

Caldara Christmas Cantata

After the revelatory impact of Caldara’s oratorio Maddalena ai piedi di Cristo (Harmonia Mundi, 11/96), which has fired all who...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 3/1997

Bach Partitas, BWV825-27

It was for Tatyana Nikolaieva that Dmitri Shostakovich wrote his 24 Preludes and Fugues in 1951–2. Presuming, of course, that...

Reviewed by Stephen Johnson in issue: 12/1990

Holst Planets; Elgar Enigma Variations

Holst's spectacular suite always was a Sargent speciality and the present live display offers ample proof. Highlights include a genuinely...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 3/1995

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