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Peeters Organ works

At long last someone has had the good sense to devote an entire disc to the music of one of...

Reviewed by Marc Rochester in issue: 9/1991

Wagner (The) Flyng Dutchman

For many years, ‘Wagner in English’ has meant the English National Opera’s Ring cycle, recorded in the 1970s and now...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 1/2005

Modern Romantics for cello and piano

Caroline Dale must have been something like a young veteran already when at the age of 13 she waltzed off...

Reviewed in issue 7/1987

Mägi Orchestral Works

Ester Mägi (b1922) is a much revered figure in her home country, Estonia, and increasingly recognised abroad. Her music is...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 13/2007

Mendelssohn Symphonies

The luminous performance of Mendelssohn's Scottish Symphony from Kurt Masur and the Gewandhaus Orchestra at the Proms this summer gave...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 11/1988

Walton Symphonies

Vladimir Ashkenazy showed his natural sympathy for the Walton idiom in his live recording of the Second Symphony on the...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 4/1993

Vivaldi Mottetti

Rarely ones to mess around with mixed programmes, the Venice Baroque Orchestra here continue their no-nonsense approach to Vivaldi with...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 6/2007

Vaughan Williams Symphony No 1

This latest addition to Leonard Slatkin's thought-provoking (and exceedingly welcome) VW cycle proves something of a mixed bag. The American...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 2/1994

Bach Cantatas

Isolated discs of Bach cantatas are a rare commodity these days as complete surveys and mini-series dominate the market. Among...

Reviewed in issue 6/2001

Korngold Orchestral Works

The Korngold/Chandos partnership continues with yet another superbly programmed, stunningly performed disc. We receive as an opener a rarity in...

Reviewed by Michael Stewart in issue: 3/1997

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