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Dennis O'Neill Sings

Delight, disappointment, dismay: barometrical readings in brief. The delight followed discovery of the recital's existence, for Dennis O'Neill is not...

Reviewed in issue 11/1987

Rzewski Chamber Works

Churning rhythm and seemingly minimalist, rigorously-controlled melodic patterns characterise three of Frederic Rzewski’s early works presented by the audacious and...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 8/2003

Benjamin Palimpsests

‘Palimpsest’ is a useful term for the kind of contemporary composition that superimposes disparate layers of material and explores their...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 1/2005

Elgar-Payne Symphony 3

How thrillingly urgent Elgar's unforgettably gaunt introductory bars sound here - a magnificent launch-pad for an interpretation of unswerving dedication,...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 3/2000

Violin and Piano Works

This is a very impressive-sounding recording – vivid and resonant, with a natural balance between the two instruments – and...

Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 7/1996

Britten: Songs

The relative novelty in this recital is a group of five British folk-song arrangements that Benjamin Britten made for voice...

Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 7/1987

Wagner Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg

Knappertsbusch’s very early Decca LP studio recording, made in Vienna, is comparatively well known and loved, not least for Paul...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 10/1998

Bach (The) Well Tempered Klavier, Book 1

‘The Old Testament of Piano Music’ (von Bülow) was a decisive work in our adoption of a 12-tone chromatic system....

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 13/2004

Lawrence Tibbett sings Opera Arias

Tibbett owned one of the most sheerly beautiful baritone voices of the century and he used it, at the peak...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 3/1990

Stravinsky Symphonies

When the eye is on the ball, as it is for example in the very opening of the Symphony in...

Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 11/1999

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