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R Strauss Lieder

Birgit Remmert has made a fair number of well­received recordings‚ notably of Mahler (a Third Symphony with Sir Simon Rattle...

Reviewed in issue 13/2001

Bendix Complete Symphonies

2001 marked the 150th anniversary of Victor Bendix’s birth and the 75th of his death, yet neither occasioned much notice...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 2/2003

Shostakovich Symphony No 13

Of the many recent versions of Shostakovich’s finest vocal symphony, surprisingly few employ a Russian chorus. And for all that...

Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 7/2007

Bach Concertos

It was a good plan to issue all Bach’s multiple keyboard concertos together, but in the outcome it meets with...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 5/1998

M. Haydn: Concertos

My reservations about aspects of the playing of the Oradea Philharmonic Orchestra (see above) apply equally here but the same...

Reviewed by Stephen Johnson in issue: 10/1990

Beethoven/Mozart Piano & Wind Quintets

A captivating record. To be sure, if you like the Viennese classics to sound suave and demure, it may not...

Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 13/1998

Bach Violin Sonatas, BWV1014-19

I begin with the unfashionable suggestion that there is still much to be said for having these wonderful works played...

Reviewed in issue 13/1997

Holst The Planets

Yet another recording of The Planets by an international orchestra and non-British conductor. It always strikes me as odd that...

Reviewed in issue 12/1990

Lord Berners; Lambert Film Music

There are novelties and first recordings here, all masterminded by Philip Lane whose sterling service to film composers continues unabated....

Reviewed by Peter Dickinson in issue: 8/2008

Benjamin Into The Little Hill

George Benjamin’s 36-minute “lyric tale” Into the Little Hill taps into the rich vein of English music theatre stemming from...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 12/2008

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