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Stevens, B Chamber Works

Bernard Stevens belonged to the same generation as Britten, but he became a Communist, which brought him into contact with...

Reviewed by Peter Dickinson in issue: 13/2003

Rachmaninov Symphony No 2

If I might first right a wrong. Rozhdestvensky's IMP Pickwick account of the Second Symphony inadvertently slipped through my net...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 8/1990

Saint-Saëns Complete works for Violin and Piano

Irresistibly suave, lucid music-making from this distinguished partnership (the masterly Noel Lee displays the lightest touch throughout). What consistently inventive,...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 4/1998

Taverner Missa Mater Christi

This is the second Taverner Mass recorded by Christ Church Choir—the Choir that traces its distinguished history back to the...

Reviewed by mberry in issue: 4/1990

Britten A Midsummer Night's Dream

To coin a phrase: new version, new perceptions. It is strange how listening in quick succession to the same passage...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 12/1996

Fauré Requiem; Messe des Pêcheurs

Well, this will set the cat among the pigeons, and no mistake. It has long been obvious that the 1901...

Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 4/1989

Arnold Philharmonic Concerto; Symphony No 6

The cheeky, roguish musical progress of the hero of Beckus the Dandipratt, Malcolm Arnold’s first major orchestral work, is very...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 13/2006

Henze (Der) Prinz von Homburg

Der Prinz von Homburg (1958-60) was composed at a time of burgeoning acclaim for Henze. The librettist, Ingeborg Bachmann, fashioned...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 3/2003

Rubbra Chamber Works

Dutton Laboratories continues its valuable championship of Edmund Rubbra with this first instalment in a new cycle of his four...

Reviewed in issue 4/2002

Prokofiev Symphonies Nos 1 & 4 (rev version)

Prokofiev was always loath to waste good ideas and both the Third and Fourth Symphonies derive from other sources; the...

Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 11/1985

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