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Barber Concerto for Cello, Op.22; Medea, Op.23; Adagio, Op.11

The main interest here is probably Medea, the suite for full orchestra derived from Barber’s original score for 13 instruments...

Reviewed by Peter Dickinson in issue: 3/2001

Peter Schreier sings Beethoven Lieder

This CD is drawn from a series of LPs Schreier made for Telefunken in the mid 1970s, available briefly in...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 1/1989

Sullivan Guinevere and other Ballads

Sullivan's ballads are mostly early works, written before his greater celebrity as a theatre composer. The earliest piece here, Ich...

Reviewed by Patrick O'Connor in issue: 2/1995

F. Schmidt Das Buch mit sieben Siegeln

I have been seeking out broadcasts and recordings of this oratorio ever since, 20 or so years ago, I first...

Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 3/1996

Mozart & Kramar Oboe Concertos

Good recordings of Mozart's K314 are not in short supply, so the interest here focuses on Krommer. Franz Krommer, or...

Reviewed by John Duarte in issue: 4/1991

Schoenberg Verklärte Nacht. Chamber Symphony No 2

The Second Chamber Symphony has never had a very firm foothold in the record catalogue. The most recent version was...

Reviewed in issue 10/1988

Walton Orchestral Works

These three major works make up another richly enjoyable, generously-filled disc in Chandos's Walton series. When for many Waltonians the...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 4/1993

Schumann Piano Sonata 3; Fantasie

Though the Andantino of Schumann's F minor Sonata, cast as ''quasi variations'' on a theme by Clara Wieck, is occasionally...

Reviewed by Joan Chissell in issue: 9/1989

Shostakovich Symphony No.14

When every Shostakovich symphony is over-recorded (and arguably overplayed) it can be difficult to see the wood for the trees....

Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 1/2009

Haydn Mass 10; Mozart Vespers, K339

This series of six of Haydn's later Masses, now remastered on CD, promises to be as successful and popular as...

Reviewed by mberry in issue: 6/1991

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