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Caccini; Monteverdi Madrigals

In 1602 Giulio Caccini published Le nuove musiche, a collection of songs for solo voice and continuo. It comprised 12...

Reviewed by Richard Lawrence in issue: 4/2009

Impressions

“Impressions” features piano works by Debussy, Falla and Mompou arranged for two guitars – although you’d be forgiven for thinking...

Reviewed by William Yeoman in issue: 13/2007

Schubert Orchestral Works

Blomstedt's Rosamunde Overture's opening chords boldly announce a sound at once firm and informative, a degree closer than is usual...

Reviewed by Jonathan Swain in issue: 5/1992

Miaskovsky Orchestral Works

In recent years Miaskovsky has suffered something of a decline in the Soviet Union. Textbooks still honour him as an...

Reviewed by Stephen Johnson in issue: 7/1987

Charpentier Les Plaisirs de Versailles etc.

This is a bit like old times from Les Arts Florissants, who first made their mark back in the early...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 2/1997

Stradella San Giovanni Battista

Corelli's older Roman contemporary, Alessandro Stradella, was held in high esteem both by his contemporaries and by later generations of...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 10/1992

Libor Novacek - Piano Recital

Last year the Czech pianist Libor Novacek (b1979) won the first Landor Competition. First prize included a recording contract with...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 8/2006

Daniel Röhn - Virtuoso Works for Violin & Piano

Rather moving, as well as reassuring, to hear this gifted third-generation player, whose grandfather Erich Röhn led the BPO for...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 13/2005

William Lawes In Loving Memory

In the majority of cases, the title might seem hackneyed. It is, however, a peculiarly apt one in the case...

Reviewed by Jonathan Freeman-Attwood in issue: 3/1996

Kodály Harý János

The great merit of this live version of Kodály’s folk-opera Háry János is that it offers the score absolutely complete....

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 4/2006

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