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Handel German Arias/Violin Sonatas

I greatly enjoyed these performances of Handel's Nine German Arias when I reviewed the LP. From a purely musical standpoint...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 9/1986

Bowen Suite for Violin and Piano; Cello sonata; Violin Sonata

The rehabilitation of York Bowen (1884-1961) continues with this appealing triptych of chamber works, passionately performed by members of the...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 2/2003

Shostakovich The Young Girl and the Hooligan

An unknown Shostakovich work freshly discovered? Not at all. This is a ballet score cobbled together in 1962 from various...

Reviewed in issue 2/1996

Jommelli Don Trastullo

Even in these circumspect times‚ the ambitious ‘Tesori di Napoli’ series continues unearthing works whose merit is one thing‚ but...

Reviewed in issue 5/2002

Bach Organ Works

Several companies have recorded the new Klais in St John’s, Smith Square, London, but none with such success as DG...

Reviewed by Marc Rochester in issue: 9/1998

(A) Song More Silent - New Works for Remembrance

In recent years Portsmouth Grammar School has commissioned a series of works to mark the Remembrance observances in November each...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 2/2009

Nigel Kennedy - Polish Spirit

Emil Mynarski’s main claims on posterity hitherto have been as father-in-law to Arthur Rubinstein and as a conductor of some...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 11/2007

Copland Music for Films

An unmissable Copland collection. Though the front cover bears the title ''Music for Films'', the earliest offering here was written...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 11/1994

Stravinsky: Orchestral works

Of the three works from the high summer of Stravinsky's neo-classic period gathered here, the masterpiece is the Danses concertantes...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 11/1985

Purcell Dido and Æneas

La Nouvelle Ménestrandie is a Swiss group, founded in Geneva in 2003. It’s not clear from the booklet where Cappella...

Reviewed by Richard Lawrence in issue: 1/2011

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