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Handel Partenope

Neither the success of The Beggar's Opera nor the collapse of the Royal Academy in 1728 deflected Handel from the...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 1/1989

Wagner Orchestral Favourites

As a feat of engineering, this disc is something of a showpiece. Decca’s sound is quite spectacular, whether in terms...

Reviewed in issue 3/1996

Psalms from St Paul's, Vol.1

For Hyperion, the Choir of St Paul's Cathedral under John Scott have recorded an excellent series of anthems and another...

Reviewed in issue 6/1994

Górecki Vocal and Orchestral Works

After the ubiquitous Third Symphony the Kleines Requiem fur eine Polka (“Little Requiem for a Polka”) is fast becoming one...

Reviewed by Michael Stewart in issue: 9/1996

Britten; Mahler; Schumann Song Cycles

In a recital recorded in the congenial surroundings of the studio space at Crear in west Scotland, Ann Murray revels...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 2/2006

Bryars String Quartets

A quiet strain of melancholy passes through all three of Gavin Bryars’ string quartets‚ though the Third and latest –...

Reviewed in issue 6/2002

Tchaikovsky Piano Trio

As a glance at the above will show, this is not the old Beaux Arts version, for whose restoration I...

Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 12/1989

Katharina Wolpa plays Beethoven, Schubert and Berg

Wolpe’s cool unfolding of Berg’s dauntingly concentrated Piano Sonata has its merits, though her playing is not notable for finesse...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 8/1999

Stoker Vocal Works and Piano Duos

These works date from between 1968 and 1998, written by a professor of composition in that period and sounding so....

Reviewed in issue 10/1999

Britten Orchestral Works

I haven't enjoyed Britten's endlessly resourceful Young Person's Guide so much in ages. Both Slatkin and Hickox turn in strikingly...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 3/1994

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