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Rosenberg The Revelation of St John (Symphony No. 4)

Rosenberg is an exact contemporary of Milhaud and Honegger, though his centenary last year went almost unremarked in this country....

Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 5/1993

Symphonies by Martinu

Volume 2 of “The Early Recordings” once more shows Michelangeli, among the greatest of all pianists, as an introvert who...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 7/2010

Beethoven Symphonies Nos 5 & 7

Christoph von Dohnanyi's readings of the Fifth and Seventh Symphonies are smoothly, perhaps at times too smoothly, executed. Phrasing is...

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 9/1988

Strozzi Diporti di Euterpe

Eleven imaginative and melodically striking vocal pieces from a collection published in 1660, towards the end of the relatively short...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 8/1999

Classical works for Flute, Bassoon and Piano

Some fairly remote corners of the repertoire are explored here. Since very few composers of stature have written for this...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 1/1986

Walton Chamber Works

This is another splendid addition to EMI’s Anglo-American Chamber Music series, again with superb string players from the LSO, and...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 8/1996

French Works inspired by Edgar Allan Poe

It's good to have this fascinating Poe-inspired trilogy restored to widespread currency and inquisitive readers can safely be directed to...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 9/1993

Hindemith Ludus tonalis & Suite 1922

These performances were recorded during the fiftieth anniversary of the Montreux-Vevey Music Festival in 1995 which, by virtue of Hindemith’s...

Reviewed in issue 3/1997

My Lady Rich

As an evocation of a historical individual, this recital devised by Emily Van Evera succeeds marvellously. It marries a pleasing...

Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 9/2005

Mozart Serenades

Expect to be surprised by the imaginative touches in this recording of three Mozart serenades. The CD begins with the...

Reviewed in issue 11/1984

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