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Verdi Simon Boccanegra

Here is a real treat for Verdians. Claudio Abbado’s absolute mastery of every aspect of the score is at the...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 3/2004

Messiaen Piano Works

It was the obvious title to choose, Catalogue d'oiseaux, but since the first word suggests something meticulously if not manically...

Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 5/1988

Pergolesi Stabat Mater

The interesting novelty here is the Sinfonia in F. This is no sinfonia but a sonata da chiesa for cello...

Reviewed by Richard Lawrence in issue: 9/2010

Purcell: Sacred Choral Works

Like almost all music before the nineteenth century, Purcell's anthems vary in their style and in the forces they require...

Reviewed in issue 7/1988

James Wood Two Men Meet

James Wood is a distinctive presence on the British musical scene, and this disc offers the best opportunity yet to...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 12/1997

Brahms; Korngold Violin Concertos

It just so happened that this CD arrived as I was reacquainting myself with Kreisler’s reading of the Brahms with...

Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 7/2009

D'Albert Tiefland

Tiefland has never been more than occasionally revived outside German-speaking lands, and it is easy to see why this rather...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 3/1993

Mahler Symphony No 6. Sinfonisches Praeludium

It is tempting to conclude that Chandos are on to a winner here. Even though the International Mahler Society Edition...

Reviewed in issue 2/1994

Mason, A Beyond the Score, improvisations for Whit Sunday

Alexander Mason(b1974) received his early musical training as a chorister at Gloucester before becoming organ scholar at Worcester College‚ Oxford...

Reviewed in issue 9/2001

Britten Sinfonia da Requiem; Holst The Planets

First, the good news. Sir Simon Rattle’s 1984 CBSO account of the Britten Sinfonia da Requiem continues to strike me...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 4/2003

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