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Carter Figments and Fragments

Even had there been more new releases in Elliott Carter’s centenary year, this disc from the Johannes Martens Ensemble would...

Reviewed by Richard_Whitehouse in issue: 1/2009

Zimmermann Requiem for a Young Poet

Bernd Alois Zimmermann's Requiem for a young poet is a humbling polyphony of twentieth-century misdeeds – riveting, provocative, uncompromising and...

Reviewed in issue 12/1995

Rimsky-Korsakov Orchestral Works

The Bergen Philharmonic play these highly colourful showpieces very well for Dmitri Kitaienko, and succeed in playing them as more...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 11/1993

Sawallisch conducts R. Strauss & Wagner

If you have come to the conclusion that Sawallisch and charisma don’t go together, these recordings should make you think...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 13/1997

Rautavaara On the Last Frontier

Anadyomene (1968) suggests a Turner canvas recast in sound. It opens restlessly among undulating pastels (the strings tend to serve...

Reviewed in issue 5/1999

Rossini Otello

The Valle d’Itria Festival at Martina Franca in Southern Italy has long specialised in 18th- and 19th-century operatic rarities, more...

Reviewed in issue 7/2001

Marcello Requiem in the Venetian Manner

Benedetto Marcello, younger brother of Alessandro, was a Venetian contemporary of Vivaldi. He is remembered in history books more for...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 10/1999

Strauss, J II Simplicius

Even after the recent release of an Austrian Radio recording of Der lustige Krieg (ORF CD240), Simplicius would not be...

Reviewed by Andrew Lamb in issue: 11/2000

Fauré Piano Quartets

It's a long time since I've enjoyed a record so much on so many counts—performance, recording, sleeve presentation, and last...

Reviewed by Joan Chissell in issue: 10/1985

Ravel; Toldrá; Turina Works for String Quartet

Here is a disc promoted by the Spanish arm of Harmonia Mundi, designed to link the work of Ravel with...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 6/2007

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