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Tallis Spem in Alium

This new CD hails The Sixteen’s Siver Jubilee, and was planned to be a bumper recording with its title, Music...

Reviewed by ihumphreys in issue: 12/2003

Mahler Symphony No 3

Inbal's Mahler series with his Frankfurt orchestra has reached the Third Symphony. This, in my opinion, is much more successful...

Reviewed in issue 8/1986

Britten & Khachaturian Piano Concertos

The appearance of three recordings of the Khachaturian concerto in just over half a year is presumably attributable to this...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 10/1988

Paganini 24 Caprices for Solo Violin

James Ehnes, now 20 years old, made this recording last year. He’s a most remarkable young violinist (from Manitoba, trained...

Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 9/1996

Vivaldi Tito Manlio

In 1718 Vivaldi entered the employment of Prince Philip of Hesse-Darmstadt who had been appointed governor of Mantua, then part...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 7/1996

Rêveries & Revels

Sir Christopher Wren’s church of St Bride’s, with its famous ‘wedding cake’ steeple, is a familiar sight to Londoners but...

Reviewed by Christopher Nickol in issue: 3/2006

Wagner Parsifal

In June 2009, just one month after the Hallé’s marvellous concert recording of Wagner’s Götterdämmerung (7/10), St Petersburg followed Manchester...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 13/2010

Bach Cantatas, Vol 46

In its impressive consistency if not dynamism, Masaaki Suzuki’s 15-year-old series is drawing to a close with some especially fine...

Reviewed by Jonathan Freeman-Attwood in issue: 10/2010

Bartók Violin Works, Vol.1

Bartok's two mature violin sonatas are probably the greatest written this century, although neither yields its secrets easily. The Second...

Reviewed in issue 6/1993

Mendelssohn String Quartets , Vol 1

The Henschel Quartet is a strong, well-unified group (three of the four are siblings); its ardent, robust approach suits Mendelssohn,...

Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 10/2003

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