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Stähle & Dvorák Piano Quartets

Hugo Stahle was one of the most promising of his generation of composers, widely admired for the fluency and charm...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 12/1989

Plácido Domingo - Opera Arias

To mark Domingo’s 40th anniversary at the Vienna State Opera, Orfeo has issued a well filled, three-CD set of live...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 10/2007

Bach St John Passion

Bach performed his St John Passion on Good Friday in 1724. It was the first of several performances in slightly,...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 3/1985

Smetana Má vlast

No doubts as to the clear winner here. Zubin Mehta and the Israel Philharmonic turn in an efficient rather than...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 4/1995

Elgar Sea Pictures; The Music Makers

These idiomatic Elgar performances from Richard Hickox well merit their mid-price resuscitation within EMI’s British Composers series. Strong competition for...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 5/1996

Roy Fox - Rise `n' Shine

For anyone interested in the byways of social history it is very interesting to play these four CDs in chronological...

Reviewed by dgelly in issue: 8/1998

Fernando Sor - (Les) plus belles pages

More than fellow composers, those who write for the guitar run the risk of being defined by their instrument. Even...

Reviewed by K Smith in issue: 9/2005

Three Portraits With Shadow

A fine disc, revisiting the work of Rodolfo and Ernesto Halffter and Julián Bautista, important figures born in the early...

Reviewed by Ivan Moody in issue: 3/2010

Shostakovich Chamber Symphonies

For those who don’t know the quartets, Barshai’s faithful and resourceful transcriptions provide an ideal point of entry into their...

Reviewed by kYlzrO1BaC7A in issue: 11/1998

Brumel Requiem; de la Rue Requiem

In these days of straitened circumstances for the recording of pre-Baroque repertories, the return of The Clerks’ Group after a...

Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 2/2006

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