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Tchaikovsky Chamber Works

Tchaikovsky's Souvenir de Florence may not be completely idiomatic chamber music, but a good deal of it works well in...

Reviewed by Stephen Johnson in issue: 6/1991

Wagner en français

Hypothetically Murdered was a 1931 Music Hall show for which Shostakovich provided some of his most uproariously tasteless music—all appropriate,...

Reviewed in issue 1/1994

Mozart Don Giovanni (film adaptation)

Part of Joseph Losey's genius as a film director was to make his settings - the buildings, the outdoors, the...

Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 4/2008

Mendelssohn String Quartets Vol. 2

Mendelssohn’s quartets exhibit a remarkable blend of fantasy, emotion and intellectual rigour, allied to an insider’s expertise in writing for...

Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 11/2009

American 18th Century Piano Works

This is a fascinating and revealing collection—a reminder of how seriously the Americans are taking their own music of the...

Reviewed by Peter Dickinson in issue: 8/1994

Jonathan Lemalu - Opera Arias

As a glance above shows, this is a formidable undertaking for any young singer whether in respect of vocal resources,...

Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 6/2005

Rossini Petite Messe Solennelle

Like so many things Rossinian, the Petite messe solennelle, one of the most original and engaging of all settings of...

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 12/1984

The Typewriter Leroy Anderson Favorites

Light music connoisseurs will doubtless already have invested in Frederick Fennell’s sparkling Mercury collection which contains many of the items...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 1/1996

Classical Masterpieces

A curious collection (one would have thought that the Schubert Overture might have been placed first) but it works well....

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 3/1990

Debussy Orchestral Works

Toscanini's 1950 La mer is sharply chiselled precise, clear and a virtuoso showpiece for orchestra. There are no mysterious half-lights,...

Reviewed in issue 2/1992

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