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Simpson Orchestral Works

With Hyperion apparently committed to recording all the symphonies, we may soon be in the unprecedented position of having two...

Reviewed by Stephen Johnson in issue: 6/1990

Mozart Divertimento K563; Schubert Trio D471

To divert audiences or to deflect them? The last four movements of K563 may be thought largely diverting, thus fitting...

Reviewed by Nalen Anthoni in issue: 4/2011

Mendelssohn Lieder, Vol.2

Where Mendelssohn's songs were for so long neglected, they are now in danger of suffering from more exposure than is...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 10/1992

Lawrence Zazzo - Byrdland

It is mildly disappointing that the early music world has not retaliated to Sting’s much-publicised Dowland project with a covers...

Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 10/2007

Bach English Suites

Far from being the habitual poor relation among Bach’s keyboard sets, the English Suites have recently enjoyed an unprecedented period...

Reviewed by Jonathan Freeman-Attwood in issue: 3/2004

The Emperor Tibbett

To hear the voices of five of the most distinguished Verdians of any age, Rethberg, Martinelli, Tibbett, Warren and Pinza,...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 3/1991

Leclair String Sonatas

Hats off to the Purcell Quartet for introducing to us the Op. 4 Trio Sonatas (1731-3) of Jean-Marie Leclair l'aine...

Reviewed in issue 7/1993

Goossens Orchestral Works Vol. 1

As swansongs go, this striking coupling of two of Sir Eugene Goossens’s meatiest large-scale offerings under the baton of the...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 6/2010

Works by Brahms and Mahler

Jard van Nes and Robert Holl are two voices which go down particularly well in England; but their visits are...

Reviewed by hfinch in issue: 7/1987

Vivaldi La Cetra

I am still inebriated with the delights afforded by the recently issued La stravaganza, Op. 4 from Monica Huggett and...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 4/1987

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