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Review of Brahms Symphony No 4; Choruses a cappella, Op. 74/1, 109-10

Brahms Symphony No 4; Choruses a cappella, Op. 74/1, 109-10

Comparing these two very different performances is like listening to two sides of the same argument, the one centre-focused and...

Reviewed in issue 13/1998

Review of Keiser Diegrossmütige Tomyris

Keiser Diegrossmütige Tomyris

Except for a scene from Octavia in 1955 and extracts from Croesus in 1962 (both of which were greeted enthusiastically),...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 8/1989

Review of Mozart Violin Concertos

Mozart Violin Concertos

Dmitry Sitkovetsky is very much a rising star amongst younger violinists, and it's encouraging that a relative newcomer who avoids...

Reviewed by Stephen Johnson in issue: 11/1987

Review of Charpentier Le Malade Imaginaire

Charpentier Le Malade Imaginaire

It is not a year since I reviewed a recording of Charpentier's incidental music to Moliere's last play, Le malade...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 4/1991

Review of Lassus Lagrime di San Pietro

Lassus Lagrime di San Pietro

This extraordinary work now boasts a sizeable (if uneven) discography, the Consort of Musicke’s early recording (L’Oiseau-Lyre – nla) and...

Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 1/2011

Review of Liszt Works for Piano and Orchestra, Volume 3

Liszt Works for Piano and Orchestra, Volume 3

Volume 3 triumphantly concludes Louis Lortie’s Chandos cycle of Liszt’s works for piano and orchestra. Once again his mastery is...

Reviewed in issue 5/2002

Review of A Book of Chorale Settings - German Mass (Bach Edition, Vol 81)

A Book of Chorale Settings - German Mass (Bach Edition, Vol 81)

The hallmark of Bach’s pedagogical influence on generations of musicians lies squarely with the chorale: the bread and butter of...

Reviewed by Jonathan Freeman-Attwood in issue: 8/2000

Review of Landowski Symphonies

Landowski Symphonies

It would not be altogether surprising if Messiaen's gigantic and subversive Turangalila had dealt the French symphony—a relatively delicate phenomenon,...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 6/1990

Review of Casella Chamber Music

Casella Chamber Music

Weird programming. The Sonata a tre, one of Casella’s strongest works, is placed last; before it two early pieces enclose...

Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 11/2000

Review of Monte Motets, Madrigals and Chansons

Monte Motets, Madrigals and Chansons

Philippe de Monte continues to enjoy (if that’s the right word) a lukewarm press in modern times. I recently heard...

Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 6/2008


 

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