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Endless Pleasure - Handel & Mozart Arias

Ruth Ann Swenson made something of a sensation with her brilliantly sung and vivaciously acted Semele at the last Covent...

Reviewed by Stanley Sadie in issue: 10/1999

Beethoven; Mendelssohn Violin Concertos

Nikolaj Znaider’s high-calibre artistry is tellingly exemplified by the second subject of Mendelssohn’s first movement (3’09” into track 1) where...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 12/2005

Mahler 12 Songs from Das Knaben Wunderhorn

How, I wonder, would Gustav Mahler have reacted to the implied attention-deficit at the quiet start of one of his...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 10/2011

Britten The Turn of the Screw

This recording was made back in 1982 as the soundtrack for the highly imaginative, riveting film made by Petr Weigl...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 9/1996

Bowen String Quartets Nos 2 & 3; Phantasy-Quintet

Published in 1922 after scooping a Carnegie Trust Award‚ York Bowen’s Second String Quartet proves a most endearing discovery. Brimful...

Reviewed in issue 9/2002

Schubert Lieder

Edith Mathis has had a distinguished career stretching now over more than 20 years as an opera and Lieder interpreter....

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 2/1990

Ravel; Shostakovich String Quartets

Readers averse to the string quartet medium would do well to familiarize themselves with Shostakovich’s ‘Op 118a’. The parent work,...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 8/2003

Beaux Arts Trio: 1967-1974

Throughout this bumper selection from the Beaux Arts’ vast discography I was reminded of their ability to encompass every aspect...

Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 2/2004

American Classics

This is a unique collection of American works involving the clarinet‚ brilliantly performed‚ but sadly‚ it is a disc very...

Reviewed in issue 9/2002

Blumenlieder

Operetta and film composer of the inter-war years, Robert Stolz has a highly active publicity machine that has proved immensely...

Reviewed by Andrew Lamb in issue: 10/2000

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