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Casella Symphony No 1; Piano, Timpani and Percussion Concerto

I have long been – somewhat unfashionably, I suspect – an admirer of Alfredo Casella’s music (if not the man...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 13/2010

Bach Cantatas, Vol 21

The fourth cycle of cantatas, which constituted Vols 19 and 20, marked the end of Bach’s systematic liturgical ambitions. That...

Reviewed by Jonathan Freeman-Attwood in issue: 11/2006

20th Century Percussion Works

Of the two audiences that this disc is aimed at—percussion fans and John Cage enthusiasts—it will be the latter who,...

Reviewed by Michael Stewart in issue: 8/1989

Rodrigo Complete Orchestral Works , Vol 6

The Concierto para una fiesta was commissioned by a wealthy Texan, as a ‘coming-out-party’ present for his daughters, admirers of...

Reviewed by John Duarte in issue: 7/2003

Chopin Sonata No 2

No pianist played closer to the edge than Vladimir Horowitz. And here, in this invaluable reissue of performances dating from...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 6/2008

Machaut Mercy ou Mort

The Ferrara Ensemble offers here a very well conceived cycle of chansons and motets d’amour‚ engagingly reflected upon in Jacques...

Reviewed in issue 13/2002

Elliot Carter - (A) Labyrinth of Time

Music as a simultaneity of perspectives has long been central to the thinking of Elliott Carter, making him an ideal...

Reviewed by kYlzrO1BaC7A in issue: 1/2007

Puccini Madame Butterfly

This was La Scala’s Japanese production. Two of the principals, the designers of sets, costumes and lighting and the producer...

Reviewed in issue 5/2001

Elliott Carter: Vocal Works

The contents of these discs are, in essence complementary. Erato score with the first recordings of Carter's two most recent...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 2/1990

Byrd Songs

The latest release from the award-winning viol consort Phantasm sees them turning to the consort song repertory for the first...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 10/2000

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