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Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition

Given Nobuyuki Tsujii’s standing as the 2009 International Van Cliburn Competition gold medalist, you’d expect him to deliver a powerful,...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 11/2011

Piae Cantiones - Early Finnish Vocal Music

Robust Finnish consonants and resonant vowels carve out distinctive performances of these Cantios: medieval Latin songs originally sung by wandering...

Reviewed by hfinch in issue: 6/1999

Pope - Heaven-Haven

Peter Pope’s story is in this respect mercifully unusual: he was a gifted, promising composer but fell among the religious,...

Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 4/2011

Markevitch Orchestral Works, Vol. 1

After the death of Alban Berg the young Benjamin Britten wrote ruefully in his diary that there were very few...

Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 13/1997

Sally Matthews - Lieder Recital

Sally Matthews has proved her worth in opera as a feisty young soprano with a well-groomed technique – most recently...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 1/2005

Berlioz Grande messe des morts

The outstanding element in this performance is the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir and Youth Choir, who have been admirably schooled by...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 7/1999

Coles Imágenes de España (Images of Spain)

Welsh guitarist and composer Paul Coles (b1952) taught for the Gloucestershire Education Authority before moving to Dorset, where he began...

Reviewed by William Yeoman in issue: 1/2009

Sara Mingardo

Opus 111 has carved out a distinctive niche by producing first-class recordings of unusual Italian Baroque gems, although the first...

Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 12/2004

Toscanini conducts music by his contemporaries

Apparently Toscanini didn't like Rubbra's rather fussy, lean orchestration of Brahms's Handel Variations, but he conducted just this one performance....

Reviewed in issue 1/1990

Nothing is Real

It is clear from a mere perusal of the booklet accompanying this disc (which is worthy of a design award...

Reviewed by kYlzrO1BaC7A in issue: 3/2004

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