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Finzi Choral Works

St John’s Choir in Christopher Robinson’s time as Director has distinguished itself in many ways but perhaps most especially in...

Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 12/2002

Vienna State Opera Live, Vol.19

This volume of the Vienna archive recordings celebrates the art of Svanholm, the Swedish singer who shared Heldentenor roles with...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 3/1996

Chopin Polish Songs. Viardot Chopin Song Arrangements

Chopin's heart belongs to Warsaw - quite literally: it lies as a relic in the Church of the Holy Cross....

Reviewed by hfinch in issue: 2/2000

Bouteiller Requiem pour Voix d'Hommes

The Requiem of Pierre Bouteiller, I’m sorry to say, put me in mind of Bernard Shaw’s comment about Brahms’s German...

Reviewed by Richard Lawrence in issue: 2/2011

Paul McCartney Standing Stone

While our fascination with The Beatles is in part nostalgia for a generation’s shared past, it can scarcely be denied...

Reviewed in issue 11/1997

Arutiunian Orchestral Works

Horn and viola comparative versions for a cello sonata? Well, Atterberg’s B minor Sonata (1925) was designed to be played...

Reviewed in issue 2/1998

Orchestral works by Ireland and Bridge

This month I have already written about Frank Bridge's ''unreasonable neglected'' Suite for string orchestra in reviewing a Lyrita reissue...

Reviewed in issue 12/1984

Operas Arias for Trumpet

The choice of a trumpeter in a recital of operatic arias is both a specialist and a certain kind of...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 1/1989

Dimitri Tiomkin Friendly Persuasion-film score

Friendly Persuasion (1956), with its glowing strings and bustling counterpoint, is not only quintessential Tiomkin but also a prime example...

Reviewed by rseeley in issue: 5/1998

(The) Noble Bass Viol

Peter Holman, director of The Parley of Instruments, has become the foremost master of the miscellany through his long-running series,...

Reviewed in issue 9/1999

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