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Review of Zelenka Sub olea pacis et palma virtutis

Zelenka Sub olea pacis et palma virtutis

From obsequiousness comes greatness. Coupled to an allegorical play‚ designed to laud not only a Habsburg emperor (Charles VI) at...

Reviewed in issue 11/2001

Review of Gombert Sacred Choral Works

Gombert Sacred Choral Works

Ars Nova seem admirably suited to perform Gombert's sacred music, with its rich contrapuntal intensity and its exploration of vocal...

Reviewed by mberry in issue: 10/1990

Review of The Soloists of Australia in Concert, Volume 1

The Soloists of Australia in Concert, Volume 1

Shame on the Soloists of Australia for their titular misuse of the English language (orchestras and soloists are opposite things)!...

Reviewed in issue 3/1987

Review of Bach Cantatas, Vol 20

Bach Cantatas, Vol 20

The weeks leading up to Lent carry a preparatory message which unifies these latest Pilgrimage cantatas, recorded in Naarden in...

Reviewed by Jonathan Freeman-Attwood in issue: 7/2009

Review of Ginastera Variaciones concertantes, Op 23;Glosses

Ginastera Variaciones concertantes, Op 23;Glosses

In some of these Glosses, Opp. 46 and 48, it’s not clear what, apart from a desire to pay homage...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 12/1996

Review of Mozart: Orchestral Works

Mozart: Orchestral Works

Let me start by getting a niggle out of the way and saying that I really can't see the point...

Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 11/1990

Review of Cage Piano and Cello Works

Cage Piano and Cello Works

This three-CD set is an exciting prospect from an Italian team, with little-known early works by Cage and the first...

Reviewed by Peter Dickinson in issue: 11/2010

Review of Popular violin repertoire

Popular violin repertoire

The French have, I think, a taste for the romantic violin; certainly many of their composers have. Enough, self-evidently, to...

Reviewed in issue 6/1986

Review of Bridge Piano Music, Vol 2

Bridge Piano Music, Vol 2

Good to see Frank Bridge’s magnificent Piano Sonata at last coming into its own. Three years in gestation and completed...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 8/2007

Review of Glazunov Symphonies Nos 4 & 5

Glazunov Symphonies Nos 4 & 5

Glazunov's eight completed symphonies are like as many delicate ballet dancers crammed into executive dress. Time and again, one senses...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 12/1999


 

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