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Ana María Martínez - Soprano Songs and Arias

Ana María Martínez has already won plaudits for roles at Covent Garden – Donna Elvira and Violetta – and for...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 3/2006

Respighi Orchestral Works

Trust Sir Neville Marriner to devise a winning combination of Respighi pieces that no one has thought of before. This...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 6/1988

Olsen Belisa

Belisa is Federico Garcia Lorca’s tale of a fille fatale who weds the prosperous, cultivated gentleman Don Perlimplin, many years...

Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 7/2004

Handel English Arias

“The greatest of all musicians” was Samuel Butler’s opinion of Handel, and hearing a sequence of arias such as these...

Reviewed in issue 2/1996

Schumann Violin Sonatas

Schumann’s violin sonatas have been getting some much deserved attention of late, with Carolin Widmann and Dénes Várjon giving exemplary...

Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 13/2009

Primakov Plays Chopin

Youthful and starry-eyed Vassily Primakov is very much a Romeo of the keyboard. And in his subtly planned selection of...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 9/2009

Telemann Cantatas and Odes

In a thoughtfully constructed programme the Belgian countertenor and director Rene Jacobs has assembled a group of chamber works by...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 11/1992

Korngold; Kreisler String Quartets

At first glance Kreisler and Korngold may not seem the most obvious of bedfellows; however, as contemporaries, both shared the...

Reviewed by Michael Stewart in issue: 11/1996

Morton Gould Choral Music

Anyone who bought Benny Goodman's recording of Copland's Clarinet Concerto (CBS (CD) CD42227, 4/87) or bought the same record for...

Reviewed by Peter Dickinson in issue: 4/1991

Bach, JS Goldberg Variations

After you’ve assimilated this recording’s overly resonant sonic ambience, you’ll notice several things right off the bat. One is that...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 7/2010

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