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Rota Concerto For Cello and orchestra Nos

Oh dear. When Nino Rota is good he is delightful‚ as in much of his film music and not a...

Reviewed in issue 10/2001

Bach Cantatas, Vol 32

Masaaki Suzuki takes us further into the second year of Bach’s post in Leipzig with four fine cantatas which sit...

Reviewed by Jonathan Freeman-Attwood in issue: 10/2006

Beecham Favourites

For some years after Sir Thomas Beecham died his records were reissued frequently, especially various combinations of his favourite pieces,...

Reviewed in issue 12/1986

Beethoven Symphonies Nos 4 & 7

Thirty years ago, “chamber orchestra” Beethoven was considered to be a mildly interesting eccentricity; nowadays it is practically de rigueur....

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 12/2008

Pärt/Harrison Choral Works

Faith, without Angst, calmly reflected and tellingly expressed through two highly accessible compositional styles. Lou Harrison's work is peaceable and...

Reviewed in issue 4/1994

Brian Symphonies

Havergal Brian's symphonies are so profoundly odd that no one should object to listening to them in unconventional ways, which...

Reviewed in issue 6/1990

Fox (A) Glimpse of Sion's glory

The composer bears a venerable name. I don’t know whether Christopher Fox (b1955) is descended from either the Quaker founder...

Reviewed by bwitherden in issue: 3/2006

Debussy; Dutilleux; Ravel String Quartets

Admirers of the Arcanto Quartet will lap this disc up, and it deserves to be a spur to anybody who...

Reviewed by Geoffrey Norris in issue: 11/2010

Schubert Complete Lieder, Vol.26

As this ‘Schubertiade’ is a wondrous addition to this unique venture, it is hard to know where to begin in...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 12/1996

Shostakovich Ballet Suites

A further store of Shostakovich bon-bons, lollipops, call them what you will (Suite No. 4 appeared just recently as fill-up...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 9/1989

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