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Dvorák Slavonic Dances Op 46 & 72

Performances of consummate wisdom and poise under a conductor at the peak of his powers in repertoire of which he...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 13/2005

Henze Boulevard Solitude

Henze's considerable operatic output has received scant attention on disc, so it is particularly good to welcome not one, but...

Reviewed by Michael Stewart in issue: 12/1992

Rutter Feel The Spirit

Rutter’s arrangement of seven spirituals (eight if you include the surreptitious appearance of “Swing Low, Sweet Chariot” in “Deep River”),...

Reviewed by Marc Rochester in issue: 6/2010

Donizetti L'Elisir d'amore

This set was none too well received by Philip Hope-Wallace when it first appeared in 1959. Twenty years later, in...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 5/1994

Fibich Chamber Music

Fibich’s chamber music is not usually rated as highly by his compatriots as are his operas or orchestral music, or...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 1/1999

Beethoven Symphonies Nos 4 & 6

A general air of vitality and clear-headed musicianship has characterized this series so far, and the latest disc is no...

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 11/1996

Bax Songs

Bax's songs tend to turn up in recitals in ones or twos at most, so it's interesting to hear a...

Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 5/1993

Gregorian Chant from the Vatican

St Peter was the rock; but those echoes are something else! They magnify and multiply, set a halo upon each...

Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 11/2000

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf sings Operetta

It is scarcely credible that it must be a full quarter of a century since I first revelled in the...

Reviewed by Andrew Lamb in issue: 1/1986

Reznicek Symphonies Nos 2 and 5

Who knows, perhaps a tighter performance might have helped, but Emil Nikolaus von Reznicek’s cheeky Second Symphony (the Ironic) of...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 3/2006

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