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BUSH Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime

Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime may not be one of Oscar Wilde’s masterpieces, but like his best work, the short story...

Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 03/2017

Sing Willow: Shakespeare Songs

Shakespeare’s anniversary year may be over but still the last of the musical tributes are trickling in. ‘Sing Willow’ may...

Reviewed by Alexandra Coghlan in issue: 03/2017

Se con Stille Frequenti

Sara Mingardo is the headline act but features in only three out of seven chamber duets. The unifying element is...

Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 03/2017

Natalie Dessay: Pictures of America

Anyone who has ever seen Natalie Dessay on the stage will know what an accomplished actress she is. It is...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 03/2017

GRUDENCZ 15th-century music from Central Europe

Petrus Wilhelmi de Grudencz (1392 c1480) first came to light in the 1970s, when his name was discovered by the...

Reviewed by Edward Breen in issue: 03/2017

Simon Wallfisch: French Songs

Multitalented Simon Wallfisch is known to many for his appearances as ‘The Singing Cellist’, though here he joins pianist Edward...

Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: 03/2017

Camerata Silesia sings Szymański

In Britain, Paweł Szymański’s name began to appear a few decades ago, seeming to be a natural successor to such...

Reviewed by Ivan Moody in issue: 03/2017

STRAVINSKY The Soldier's Tale. Fanfare for a New Theatre

The Soldier’s Tale had a troubled wartime genesis from which emerged music of bite and swagger and a new kind...

Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 03/2017

SCHUBERT Song Cycles

A visually rather low grade reissue – no Blu ray magic broom here – of three Vienna studio films made...

Reviewed by Mike Ashman in issue: 03/2017

SAINT-SAËNS Mélodies

This disc signifies a dual artistic emergence. As a composer of mélodies, Saint-Saëns comes out from behind the shadow of...

Reviewed by David Patrick Stearns in issue: 03/2017

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