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Bach St Matthew Passion

When he reviewed the LPs of this recording of Bach's St Matthew Passion, TH pointed out that Karl Richter's approach...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 2/1985

Scottish Overtures

In discussing the original issue TH aptly commented that LPs of this kind do not usually make good continuous listening,...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 9/1985

Nono Prometeo

Prometeo is a challenge to the faculty of listening; at least part of the meaning of its subtitle, ''tragedia dell'ascolto'',...

Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 12/1995

Alkan; Chopin Cello Sonatas

Alkan’s Sonata has been recorded several times before, most notably by Moray Welsh and Ronald Smith (APR), yet it has...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 11/2008

Bridge Enter Spring; (2) Poems; (The) Sea; Summer

James Judd directs a hearty, sensibly paced account of Enter Spring, Bridge’s most uninhibited achievement and one of the pinnacles...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 8/2004

Moondog Sidewalk Dances

The cult that exists around the memory of New York street musician Moondog – real name Louis Hardin – hides...

Reviewed by Philip_Clark in issue: 6/2007

Hérold (La) Somnambule

Between 1817 and his death in 1833, Hérold produced no fewer than 18 works for the Opéra-Comique, of which the...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 6/2007

Bach Trio Sonatas

This new recording of trio sonatas by Bach brings together the four chamber works in this form customarily attributed to...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 6/1986

Wagner (Der) Ring des Nibelungen

DVD’s second Ring cycle deserves a warm welcome, however qualified. None of the four video-recorded versions (five, counting the hard-to-find...

Reviewed by mscott rohan in issue: 1/2003

Mozart Symphonies Nos 31, 33 & 34

It so happened that I heard this recording of Mozart's Symphony No. 31 on the same day as Haydn's No....

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 3/1990

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