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Schubert Winterreise

This is the first offering in a new Shostakovich integrale from Wales and it promises much. You feel the alertness...

Reviewed in issue 8/1997

Mendelssohn Violin Concertos

The Classical Catalogue is particularly rich in fine recordings of the Mendelssohn E minor Violin Concerto (one thinks of Kyung-Wha...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 5/1991

Britten Song Cycles

When the Collins disc appeared, I praised particularly Langridge’s account of the Hardy cycle, Winter Words; here it is the...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 9/1997

Bach Motets

With Collegium Vocale Gent appearing on a new label for the first time since moving from Virgin Classics to Harmonia...

Reviewed by Jonathan Freeman-Attwood in issue: 10/2011

Cage Fourteen; Four6; Four3

What a clanger! In an act of non-intentioned randomness that might actually have pleased Cage tremendously, the cover art flags...

Reviewed by Philip_Clark in issue: 13/2008

Mel et Lac - Songs for the Virgin

These young female voices present a varied selection of 12th-century Marian songs, illustrating many ways in which the composition of...

Reviewed by mberry in issue: 1/2007

Ballet music

The sleeve layout of this issue emphasizes Weber's Invitation to the dance, given an elegant, felicitous performance by Bonynge. But...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 7/1985

Martinu: Cello Sonatas

One of the most delightful, and at the same time frustrating things about Martinu is his exceptional fecundity; delightful because...

Reviewed by Stephen Johnson in issue: 5/1988

Brahms Complete Piano Variations

I cannot recall another single-issue release of all Brahms’s variations for solo piano. If not unique, it is certainly unusual....

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 11/2010

E. Halffter Orchestral Works

A devoted disciple of Falla, Ernesto Halffter (less avant-garde a composer than his older brother Rodolfo or his more famous...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 9/1998

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