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Vycpálek Czech Requiem/Cantata

The labelling of this record as Supraphon Historical is almost poignantly accurate; it is also a historic record in several...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 7/1993

Haydn English Love Songs

The introductory essay by J. T. Linford quotes Hamlet's advice to the players, the bit about the desirability of temperance...

Reviewed in issue 11/1991

Aaron Rosand Live at Mills College

Now 76, Aaron Rosand has devoted more of his time than most to keeping alive the Golden Age, when violin...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 4/2005

Poulenc Mélodies

The one ''indispensable thing'' a recitalist needs, or so wrote Pierre Bernac, Poulenc's greatest interpreter, is to have ''a great...

Reviewed by Patrick O'Connor in issue: 11/1994

Rameau Nouvelles suites de Pièces de clavecin

Rameau was no stranger to the art of transcription‚ as two of the pieces in these suites testify – notably...

Reviewed by Stephen Plaistow in issue: 5/2002

Mendelssohn Symphony No. 2

As Peter Ward Jones points out in his excellent note to this record, Mendelssohn subtitled his Lobgesang not Symphony No....

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 5/1992

Mélodies

The name has been around, steadily winning recognition and approval over the past few years, even with a rumour accruing:...

Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 4/2011

Vives Doña Francisquita

Amadeo Vives, one of the most cultured and technically accomplished writers for the Spanish musical theatre, composed over 100 zarzuelas...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 9/1994

Forqueray Pieces de Viole & Clavecin

Antoine Forqueray was a favoured bass viol player at Louis XIV's court. He was also a gifted composer for his...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 5/1992

Thomas/Gounod/Lalo String Quartets

This is one of the most interesting chamber programmes to come my way in many a month and the lustrous-sounding...

Reviewed in issue 12/1994

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