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Review of Falla Vocal & Instrumental Works

Falla Vocal & Instrumental Works

In January I was discussing an enterprising record from Virgin Classics offering together the original versions of El amor brujo...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 5/1990

Review of Modern Piano Works

Modern Piano Works

The last item on this disc provides its principal justification. Stefan Wolpe's music is rarely recorded, and the ''Passacaglia'' is...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 4/1987

Review of Sandy Wilson Divorce me, Darling

Sandy Wilson Divorce me, Darling

What a pleasure to be able to welcome this CD of last summer’s revival of Divorce Me, Darling! without reservations...

Reviewed in issue 1/1998

Review of Dittersdorf Sinfonias, Vol. 3

Dittersdorf Sinfonias, Vol. 3

The prolific but largely neglected Dittersdorf has long been deserving of greater attention as these scintillating performances of bright and...

Reviewed by mquinn in issue: 12/1998

Review of Strauss, R (Die) Frau ohne Schatten

Strauss, R (Die) Frau ohne Schatten

Sir Georg Solti’s Gramophone Award-winning CD recording of this opera (Decca, 5/92), recorded at intervals over a two-and-a-half-year span, is...

Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 12/2002

Review of Handel Giulio Cesare

Handel Giulio Cesare

It is usually the big nineteenth-century opera sets that are bought for their singers; but with a line-up of principals...

Reviewed in issue 3/1995

Review of Handel Complete Cantatas Vol 1

Handel Complete Cantatas Vol 1

Contrasto Armonico is embarking on an ambitious project to record all of Handel’s cantatas. Whereas La Risonanza’s magnificent seven-volume series...

Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 2/2010

Review of Kienzl Lieder, Vol 1

Kienzl Lieder, Vol 1

A prolific composer for the voice, Wilhelm Kienzl (1857-1941) scored an international success with his 1895 opera Der Evangelimann, but...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 7/2011

Review of Eötvös Vocal Works

Eötvös Vocal Works

The emergence of Peter Eötvös (b1944) as among the most impressive composers of the middle generation can now be heard...

Reviewed in issue 10/2002

Review of Grieg & Chopin Cello Sonatas

Grieg & Chopin Cello Sonatas

Chopin's complete works for cello and piano, as from Lodeon and Duchable, certainly add up to an eminently desirable Erato...

Reviewed by Joan Chissell in issue: 3/1987


 

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