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Mendelssohn Midsummer Night's Dream

It seems remarkable that Andre Previn should choose to re-record Mendelssohn's incidental music and yet offer it relatively incomplete, when...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 6/1987

Bach, CPE Flute Sonatas

It is not surprising that the flute should occupy a prominent place in CPE Bach’s chamber output – he was,...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 4/2007

Der Bote

‘Melancholy…nostalgic pictures…quiet meditation’ – all phrases which come into play in Alexei Lubimov’s foreword to the present collection‚ and all...

Reviewed in issue 7/2002

Walton Façade

It is always welcome to have non-British recordings of British music, particularly when they are as good as this. With...

Reviewed in issue 1/1998

Handel The Messiah (Excerpts)

''Speak ye comfortably'' sings the tenor in his opening number here, and that rather colours the whole record, which brings...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 10/1984

Tippett The Knot Garden; A Child of Our Time

Even some of the more enthusiastic reviews after the first performance of The Knot Garden were rather perplexed by its...

Reviewed in issue 9/1995

Mendelssohn Works for Cello & Piano

In her review of Lester's and Tomes's issue of Mendelssohn's complete works for cello and piano, JOC praised this duo...

Reviewed in issue 3/1995

Wolf Italianisches Liederbuch

Regular readers will not need reminding of my inordinate love of Wolf’s song and especially of the Italian Songbook. For...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 12/2003

Bruckner String Quartet; Schoenberg Verklärte Nacht

And still they come. Maybe your reviewer is suffering from an overdose of nocturnal transfiguration, but I find it harder...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 11/1995

Haydn Symphonies, Vol. 7

Collectors of Hogwood’s evolving Haydn cycle should by now have a pretty fair idea of its merits. The orchestral playing...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 10/1996

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