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Vaughan Williams Kissing Her Hair

This second volume of Vaughan Williams’s songs from the RVW Society fully matches the artistic and technical excellence of its...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 9/2008

Weelkes Madrigals

Contemporary reports suggest that Thomas Weelkes was a troubled man, out of sympathy with his time, his tastes (by his...

Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 12/1999

Brahms Piano Concerto 2

The LP of this concerto was warmly received by me last April and I find the CD at least equally...

Reviewed in issue 7/1984

French Orchestral Works

The most interesting item in this collection is the second, the Honegger Liturgique Symphony. The Ravel, which opens the programme,...

Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 8/1989

Gregorian Chant

These are clean performances with clean if rather resonant sound to match. Sandor Vegh has directed the Salzburg Mozarteum Camerata...

Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 4/1992

Beethoven Edition, Vol. 9 - Piano Trios

Beethoven’s piano trios are occasionally spoken of as a ‘cycle’. They’re hardly that; there are three very early works (the...

Reviewed by Stephen Johnson in issue: 13/1997

Shostakovich Symphonies Nos 3 and 10

Over 80 minutes of music here and a coupling I do not remember previously encountering. But more remarkable than that...

Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 7/2011

Rossini (La) Cenerentola

When I reviewed this performance five years ago in its VHS incarnation‚ I commented that it might soon be available...

Reviewed by kYlzrO1BaC7A in issue: 11/2001

North Room

There is some absolutely ravishing music here – Svend Sandström’s April och tystnad being the most potent example – sung...

Reviewed by Marc Rochester in issue: 10/2010

Bernstein - Reflections

Peter Rosen’s compelling 50-minute film portrait was made in 1977 and seen worldwide – except in the USA, where it...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 12/2009

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