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Mozart Mass, K427

A modern version of the great C minor Mass for around a fiver may seem a tempting proposition, especially given...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 11/1999

Joubert Choral Works

This survey of more than half a century of John Joubert’s composing life focuses on works for a relatively small...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 1/2010

Rimsky-Korsakov Scheherazade; Capriccio espagnole

This is the digital recording of Scheherazade we have been waiting for. It has the freshness of impact of Haitink's...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 10/1990

Shchedrin (The) Enchanted Wanderer

Shchedrin’s 2002 “opera for the concert stage” tells, in highly condensed form, Leskov’s story of the archetypal Russian life (actually...

Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 7/2010

Mozart/Salieri Castrato Arias and Motets

Former soloist in the Vienna Boys’ Choir, Arno Raunig has kept and developed his soprano voice with an easy range...

Reviewed in issue 11/1998

Falla Atlántida; El Sombrero de tres picos

Not even the devoted efforts of Falla’s pupil Ernesto Halffter could succeed – despite putting together two distinct versions –...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 1/1997

Vivaldi: Viola d'amore concertos

The insert booklet's statement that the viola d'amore ''appeared as a solo instrument in six of his [Vivaldi's] concertos'' is...

Reviewed by John Duarte in issue: 2/1987

Beethoven Works for Cello & Piano

This music certainly benefits from being heard on original instruments. The sound of the Christopher Clarke copy of a 1795...

Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 3/2000

Bax Works for Viola and Piano

No sooner had I welcomed Doris Lederer’s supple account of Bax’s Viola Sonata with Jane Coop than along comes a...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 1/2007

Suk Asrael

Vladimir Ashkenazy’s indefatigable enthusiasm for making music has latterly embraced unexpected corners of the repertoire and collaborations with orchestras and...

Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 5/2009

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