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Schubert Symphony No 9

You could call this performance “traditional”, though Mahler’s belief in tradition as a collection of bad habits isn’t sustained. Certainly...

Reviewed by Nalen Anthoni in issue: 13/2006

Bellini (La) Sonnambula

Callas’s participation in the Edinburgh Festival of 1957 became something of a cause célèbre because of the performance she didn’t...

Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 10/2008

Brahms Piano Quartets

Of these three much-recorded masterpieces, the first in C minor emerges as the current favourite with some 36 versions already...

Reviewed by Joan Chissell in issue: 1/2001

Julius Patzak Opera & Operetta Recital

Julius Patzak possessed one of the most individual tenor voices of the century. It had a peculiarly plangent timbre, immediately...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 3/1990

Schwantner Percussion Concerto;Velocities etc

Joseph Schwantner’s music may seem immediately accessible to the first-time listener, but on the evidence of this CD at least,...

Reviewed by mharry in issue: 1/1998

Bach Art of Fugue

Consideration of recordings of The Art of Fugue too often spends an inordinate amount of space on questions of whether...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 1/2000

Lou Harrison - In Memory

Nicole Paiement and the Ensemble Parallèle already have tremendous form when it comes to Lou Harrison. Their performance of his...

Reviewed by Philip_Clark in issue: 4/2007

(A) Night with Handel

Anything billed as an attempt to rid Handel of his 'stuffy or artificial' image fills the heart with misgivings. This,...

Reviewed by mscott rohan in issue: 1/2000

Crumb Songs, Drones and Refrains of Death

This disc will bring Crumb to a wider audience with two substantial works, one early and one late. Songs, Drones...

Reviewed by Peter Dickinson in issue: 10/2006

Woolrich Lending Wings

This excellently recorded disc is a good introduction to the music of an English composer who is at last beginning...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 10/1996

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