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Medtner Vocal Works

Refreshingly and exceptionally, Medtner im- presses as a composer who writes because he loves the sound of music, and more...

Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 6/2004

Bréton La Dolores

The assertion by a Spanish music historian in the 1880s that 'Spanish opera does not exist, and never has' was...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 2/2000

Great Pianists of the 20th Century - Maurizio Pollini

Chopin was where Pollini’s career began, and in a year’s time an all-Chopin disc will seal his place as a...

Reviewed by hfinch in issue: 10/1998

Bach Organ Works, Vol. 4

Following three discs presenting more-or-less unequivocal Bach, Kevin Bowyer has turned his attention to more contentious ground. I suspect this...

Reviewed by Marc Rochester in issue: 2/1994

Puccini Madama Butterfly

‘Povera Butterfly!’ Even when flickering a trifle mistily in black and white, even when voice and lips so very nearly...

Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 4/2005

Dvorák Dimitrij

It is good to have this first (and so far only) complete recording of Dvovák’s ambitious opera back in the...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 3/2005

John Harle: Terror and Magnificence

“The double-think of the medieval mind” is John Harle’s definition of “Terror and Magnificence”, the title he gives to this...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 11/1996

Janacek Kata Kabanova

Recorded live at the 1998 Salzburg Festival‚ this DVD of Káùta Kabanová‚ with credits in French‚ offers a starkly updated...

Reviewed in issue 10/2002

Cecilia Bartoli - The Vivaldi Album

As composer, director and entrepreneur, Vivaldi was responsible for no fewer than 90 operas. Twenty have survived, yet only...

Reviewed by hfinch in issue: 12/1999

Brahms Chamber Works

Brahms's late music invariably has a sense of space and often an autumnal quality as well, partially indicated by the...

Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 9/1993

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