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Shostakovich Leningrad Symphony

We can argue till the combined harvesters come home about the emotional content of Shostakovich's symphonies; but there is no...

Reviewed in issue 9/1992

D'India Madrigals and Canzonettes for solo voice

On the evidence of this disc there is no reason to dispute the Grove Dictionary claim that Sigismondo d’India was...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 4/2003

Zemlinsky Lyric Symphony

Comparing the first few vocal phrases in these two performances, I began to suspect that, for once, Fischer-Dieskau would not...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 10/1991

Three English Serenades

This recording of three English Serenades is made by American artists, would that English musicians might record comparable American works...

Reviewed in issue 10/1989

Martin (Der) Sturm, 'The Tempest'

Most surprising about this recording of Frank Martin’s Der Sturm is its being the first complete account of an opera...

Reviewed by Richard_Whitehouse in issue: 8/2011

Erna Berger - The Singer

Apart from Tebaldi and Price‚ who shared some repertory‚ these singers represent very different strands and types of soprano singing...

Reviewed by kYlzrO1BaC7A in issue: 12/2001

Video Games Live

There are many things I can forgive a CD label, but claiming that video games are “culturally significant” and assuming...

Reviewed by Philip_Clark in issue: 5/2009

Handel Concerti grossi, Op 3

Handel's six Concerto grossi, Op. 3 are among the most colourfully varied ever to have been collected under a single...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 6/1994

Bartok Rhapsodies 1&2/Violin Concerto 2

If you haven’t yet responded to my enthusiasm for Arabella Steinbacher’s Pentatone recording of Bartók’s Second Concerto with the Suisse...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 10/2011

Samuel Light and Water

I first encountered the music of Rhian Samuel, professor of music at London’s City University, when her piano quartet Light...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 12/2007

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