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Bach Cantatas BWV 29, 61 & 140

Nothing if not unpredictable, Nikolaus Harnoncourt follows his controversial reading of Porgy and Bess with three Bach cantatas, as his...

Reviewed by Jonathan Freeman-Attwood in issue: 6/2010

Hasse Salve Regina

“During this visit, these young ladies were so obliging as to sing me a Salve regina, lately set by their...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 9/1997

Berg/Liszt/Webern Chamber Music

And this is how it all began: with the death of Wagner, the decomposition of tonality (all the more pungent...

Reviewed in issue 1/1994

Richard Strauss Ein Heldenleben

Advertising the Beethovenian virtues of his hero’s life, Strauss wrote that it was “in E flat, with lots of horns,...

Reviewed in issue 10/1996

Schubert Piano Sonatas Nos 4 and 13; Wanderer Fantasy

This is a disc that ranges far, from Schubert at his most gemütlich (the first movement of the A major...

Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 8/2011

Debussy/Schoenberg/R. Strauss Lieder

After proving herself as a delightful Nannetta and Despina on disc, Julie Kaufmann deserved her chance for a solo recital....

Reviewed in issue 2/1994

Shostakovich Symphonies

Once again, Charles Dutoit brings great lucidity of texture to music which might be thought to require a less refined...

Reviewed in issue 11/1995

Brahms Symphony No.2; Academic Festival Ov

Abbado's fine new DG recording of the Second Symphony is quickly followed by another very satisfying version from Muti and...

Reviewed in issue 3/1990

Villa-Lobos Bachianas Brasileiras

In his booklet-note, the commentator here calls Choros No. 10 the masterpiece of that quintessentially Brazilian series. It is certainly...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 3/1997

Foerster Works for Violin & Piano

J. B. Foerster’s 90th birthday in 1949 was the occasion for nationwide Czech celebrations of a composer born when Smetana...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 10/1999

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