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Maxwell Davies The Beltane Fire/Caroline Mathilde Suite

I don’t suppose that Sir Peter Maxwell Davies would care for his more tuneful, diatonically euphonious works (I’m thinking of...

Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 6/1996

Sibelius Cantatas

Paavo Järvi’s new disc of Sibelius cantatas almost exactly duplicates Eri Klas’s 1990 Ondine programme. Virgin includes a second male-voice...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 10/2003

Prokofiev Orchestral Works

Fleeting pleasures, but no lasting impressions—the kind of performance that is gone with the last chord. Why? Ozawa has a...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 5/1992

Contemporary Chamber Works

The California EAR Unit is a collective of interesting composers and skilled performers, not afraid to risk alienating listeners with...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 9/1991

Bellini La sonnambula

A new Sonnambula from an unusual source has produced a likeable, thoughtfully prepared version that seriously challenges its more illustrious...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 10/1989

Ferrari Il Sansone

Benedetto Ferrari has earned his place in the history books by being credited with introducing opera to Venice, and so...

Reviewed by Iain Fenlon in issue: /2000

Manfredini Concerti Grossi, Op 3

If you like the concertos of Vivaldi, you'll love those of Manfredini, his Bologna-trained contemporary. Full of wit and syncopation,...

Reviewed by Julie Anne Sadie in issue: 2/2000

Mendelssohn Concertos for Two Pianos

Mendelssohn was 14 when he completed his first two-piano Concerto in E major, and still only 15 when he followed...

Reviewed by Joan Chissell in issue: 2/1997

Beethoven Lieder & Volkslieder

On the face of it this looks an attractive proposition: an enterprising conspectus of Beethoven songs, including a clutch of...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 11/2009

Diamond Symphony No 8

In the nine years since this programme first appeared, many listeners have grown more appreciative of music that doesn’t stake...

Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 5/2004

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