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Pfitzner (Der) Arme Heinrich

Der arme Heinrich (‘Suffering’ rather than ‘Poor’ Heinrich, I think) was Pfitzner’s first opera, written at 24 and successfully premièred...

Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 1/2003

Jessye Norman - Roots

There will be many (especially in the UK where she hasn’t put in an appearance for years) who will have...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 9/2010

Krommer Oboe Quartets and Quintets

Franz Krommer, as Frantisek Kramár styled himself in German-speaking lands, is quite well represented on record. These four pieces make...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 7/2005

Divas 1906-1935

These selections have been compiled by Norman White, who has been the originator of the whole Nimbus enterprise. He is...

Reviewed in issue 10/1989

Zemlinsky Posthumous Songs

A few years ago Blochwitz, Schmidt and Garben, together with Barbara Bonney as soprano and Anne Sofie von Otter as...

Reviewed in issue 6/1995

Rimsky-Korsakov Piano trio/Mussorgsky Pictures.

Mussorgsky's Pictures has not lacked orchestrators (I think there are now some 20 versions, but I await correction) ; this...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 3/2000

Elgar Orchestral Works

The more I hear it, the more I am convinced that Leonard Slatkin's RCA recording of Elgar's First Symphony is...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 11/1992

Handel Trio Sonatas Op 2

With their boldness of invention, their expressive range and their extraordinary variety of three-part textures, Handel’s six Op 2 sonatas...

Reviewed by Stanley Sadie in issue: 1/2004

Arne Six Favourite Concertos

Arne's ''Six Favourite Concertos'' for organ, harpsichord or fortepiano were published in 1793, 15 years after the composer's death. They...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 9/1992

Browne Music from the Eton Choirbook

By any other name, John Browne would surely be recognised as one of the very greatest English composers. The fact...

Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 6/2005

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