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Verdi Canzoni

Verdi’s (mainly) early songs may be no more than shavings from his workshop, but even the six romanze from 1838,...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 7/2011

(The) English Viola

Fashioned for the great Lionel Tertis, Bliss’s imposing Viola Sonata of 1933 has been enjoying a renaissance on disc: this...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 5/2010

Beecham conducts Delius

Thanks to Shirley, Lady Beecham, we have here a splendid range of Beecham recordings from Sir Thomas’s personal archive, most...

Reviewed by kYlzrO1BaC7A in issue: 3/2001

Brahms/Gal Clarinet Sonatas

The special interest here is the Austrian-born Hans Gal's Clarinet Sonata written at 74, some 24 years before his death...

Reviewed by Joan Chissell in issue: 8/1993

Bach Violin Sonatas; Continuo Sonatas

Another recording of Bach’s violin sonatas, and at last one that really hits the spot. Rachel Podger has already attracted...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 2/2001

Claudio Arrau plays Mozart

A seven-disc box-set of Mozart from Philips—not, however, from the Complete Mozart Edition but, instead, part of the Philips Arrau...

Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 3/1992

Glanert Caligula

For his fifth opera, Detlev Glanert has composed the Caligula not of Suetonius (or Tinto Brass) but of Camus, so...

Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 13/2010

John Cage Works for Cello

I have much enjoyed the Cage releases which have come my way over recent months, especially the vocal works from...

Reviewed by Peter Dickinson in issue: 3/1992

Brahms Serenade

Both the Abbado (DG) and Leonard Slatkin performances of this splendid Op. 11 Serenade are listed as lasting 49'11''. Pure...

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 4/1988

Schubert Symphony No 9, etc

An outstanding example of the programmer’s art. From the close of the choral song’s watery passage of the soul, the...

Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 12/1998

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