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Sibelius Symphony No 2; (The) Swan of Tuonela; Karelia Suite

For the LPO to give us yet more Sibelius from Paavo Berglund is not as daft as it might seem....

Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 12/2005

Bartók Orchestral Works

Fricsay's Concerto for Orchestra is at least twice as exciting and twice as penetrating as any in my experience, save...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 5/1989

Mahler Lieder

This is not only an exceptionally well sung and admirably recorded Mahler recital, it is also intelligently planned in its...

Reviewed in issue 9/1990

Schubert: Lieder

I sometimes permit myself to wonder whether singers quite realize what they are undertaking when they embark upon a Schubert...

Reviewed in issue 12/1988

Nordheim Listen; Listen - Inside Outside; Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 32

It was Arne Nordheim’s notion to juxtapose his 1971 composition Listen with Beethoven’s C minor Sonata. Fortuitously, Einar Steen-Nøkleberg had...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 13/2007

Schubert (The) Therese Grob Songbook - New Perspectives, Vol. 1

‘Recorded here for the first time’ claims the booklet to this new recording‚ referring to the first 17 of the...

Reviewed in issue 9/2001

Estampie - Materia Mystica

Hildegard’s thought, her understanding of the science of her day and, to a certain limited extent, her own very personal...

Reviewed by mberry in issue: 3/1999

Wellesz Songs

Excellent news: the revival of interest in the music of Egon Wellesz (who died 30 years ago this year) continues...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 13/2004

Tallis Lamentations and Contrafacta

Two of the Biblical lessons for Maundy Thursday show Tallis at his most creative and imaginative. ‘Incipit lamentatio…’ the rising...

Reviewed by mberry in issue: 13/2004

Knightly Passions The Songs of Oswald von Wolkenstein

Oswald von Wolkenstein (d 1445) comes across as one of the most ‘knowable’ characters of the medieval period. That is...

Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 1/1997

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