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Massenet Chérubin

Chérubin is Massenet’s lightest, most charming opera. Based on Francis de Croisset’s play about the later adventures of Cherubino from...

Reviewed by Patrick O'Connor in issue: 13/2006

Mozart Violin Sonatas

Here is an attractive programme and a well-filled disc which finds room for four sonatas. Those in G major (K301,...

Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 2/1992

Adams Grand Pianola Music

A comparison between John Adams's Grand Pianola Music and his earlier Shaker Loops of 1978 (Philips 412 214-1PH, 12/84) will...

Reviewed in issue 9/1985

Williams Close Encounters of the Third Kind original soundtrack

Exemplary stuff. Not only does Arista’s brand new 20-bit digital master show a massive sonic improvement over those previous incarnations...

Reviewed in issue 9/1998

Brahms Nänie; Mendelssohn (Die) erste Walpurgisnacht; Schumann (Der) Königssohn

Der Königssohn is the standout work here; I can’t find an earlier recording. Schumann composed it in the first flush...

Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 7/2011

Lutoslawski Symphony 3, etc.

The splendid recording of these works by John Shirley-Quirk and the Los Angeles Philharmonic conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen won for...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 1/1987

Dowland: Lute Music and Dances

Many of today's most famous lutenists began with but abandoned the guitar; Bream has maintained a uniquely distinguished career with...

Reviewed by John Duarte in issue: 11/1987

A Contemporary Collection

The speedy resolution of any reservations I might have held concerning almost an hour of unfamiliar music for an instrumental...

Reviewed by mjameson in issue: 4/1992

Kuhlau Works for Flute & Piano

Dubbed ‘the Beethoven of the flute’ in his own day, Friedrich Kuhlau (1786-1832) remains little-known outside his adopted homeland, Denmark....

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 5/1999

Old Roman Liturgical Chants

This CD recaptures something of the splendour of Easter Vespers in the basilica of St John of the Lateran in...

Reviewed by mberry in issue: 7/1987

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