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Strauss, R (Eine) Alpensinfonie; (Der) Rosenkavalier -Suite

'I will call my Alpine Symphony the Anti-Christian, because in it there is moral purification by means of one's own...

Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 6/2001

Birtwistle Pulse Shadows

From Schoenberg’s Pierrot lunaire to Boulez’s Le marteau sans maître and Kurtág’s Messages of the late RV Troussova‚ modernist composers...

Reviewed in issue 3/2002

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To mark the centenary of the birth of Richard Rodgers (our ‘Reputations’ subject in the July issue)‚ the Boston Pops...

Reviewed in issue 10/2002

Ayres Works

Reviewing the London Sinfonietta’s recording of Richard Ayres’ No 24 prompted the thought that the impact of his work might...

Reviewed by Richard_Whitehouse in issue: 4/2004

Monteverdi Vespers 1610

The 400th anniversary of Monteverdi’s Vespers continues to make its presence felt with this new account from the Orchestra of...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 6/2011

Mozart 'Coronation' Mass

Amid a swathe of desirable radio recordings from Günter Wand’s long years as Kapellmeister in Cologne, these 1952‑53 Mozart and...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 9/2008

Mozart Don Giovanni

From the earth-shattering chords that launch the Overture, Furtwangler’s reading illuminates every facet of the score. His finely integrated tempos,...

Reviewed in issue 1/1998

Bach (6) Suites for Unaccompanied Cello

The background to the suites is uncertain. Some believe Bach wrote them to assuage his grief at the death of...

Reviewed by Nalen Anthoni in issue: 12/2004

Bach Piano Works

The spirit of Prades and Marlboro is here revisited, with Murray Perahia first among equals and the whole production infused...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 12/2003

Dvorák Symphony No 4; Biblical Songs

There was a time, when I counted the Fourth Symphony as a disappointment next to both the winningly lyrical Third...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 12/1988

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