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Review of Verdi Aida

Verdi Aida

At last an Aida on DVD that can hold its head high and surpass its lesser rivals. Last year’s production...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 9/2007

Review of Gruber Frankenstein; Charivari; Dancing in the Dark

Gruber Frankenstein; Charivari; Dancing in the Dark

It was inevitable that HK Gruber’s most famous work would return to the catalogue. Given definitive shape in 1978, Frankenstein!!...

Reviewed by kYlzrO1BaC7A in issue: 5/2007

Review of Credo

Credo

Hélène Grimaud’s decision to programme Beethoven’s Tempest Sonata and Arvo Pärt’s Credo in the context of this ‘concept album’ (which...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 2/2004

Review of Holst Orchestral Works

Holst Orchestral Works

A fascinating assembly of Holstiana. Three of these pieces have already appeared on record before, two of which—the colourful 1921...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 6/1993

Review of El Cancionero de Medinaceli

El Cancionero de Medinaceli

It has been a long wait for anyone wanting to hear the Spanish song repertory of the midsixteenth century in...

Reviewed by Tess Knighton in issue: 6/1993

Review of Reger Piano Concerto; Strauss, R Burleske

Reger Piano Concerto; Strauss, R Burleske

Following his earlier disc of Reger’s two massive sets of variations (3/99), Marc-André Hamelin takes on the Piano Concerto,...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 5/2011

Review of Roussel Chamber Works with Flute

Roussel Chamber Works with Flute

Roussel’s chamber music has been pretty well served of late, and LS recently reviewed the second and third volumes in...

Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 3/1996

Review of Kander/Ebb Cabaret

Kander/Ebb Cabaret

TER assembled a stellar cast for this lush, comprehensive studio recording and the result is a dazzling array of jewels....

Reviewed by pford in issue: 5/1998

Review of Marc-André Hamelin - In a state of Jazz

Marc-André Hamelin - In a state of Jazz

“In a State of Jazz” presents a form of fusion music where the influence of jazz is grafted onto classical...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 6/2008

Review of Vaughan Williams Symphony No 6; In the Fen Country; OnWenlock Edge

Vaughan Williams Symphony No 6; In the Fen Country; OnWenlock Edge

Bernard Haitink’s intensely stimulating Vaughan Williams symphony cycle continues apace with this noble, rewarding and (above all) profoundly musical account...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 2/1999

 

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