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Cilea Adriana Lecouvreur

It is easy to dismiss Adriana Lecouvreur as a hopelessly old-fashioned piece of kitsch melodrama (although written in 1902 it...

Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 10/1987

Vasks; Weill Violin Concertos

This new Hyperion account of Peteris Vasks’s Distant Light swells the number of recordings it has garnered to five, an...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 11/2005

Boldemann; Gefors; Hillborg Vocal Works

This exemplary release finds Anne Sofie von Otter again stamping her distinctive mark on a disc. Two of these works...

Reviewed by John Allison in issue: 10/2008

Levitch Chamber and Solo Instrumental works

Collectors requiring just one set of the Sallinen symphonies may well be put in a quandary by this fine new...

Reviewed in issue 12/1994

Verdi La forza del destino

It is appropriate that the first recording of the first version of Forza should come from St Petersburg, where the...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 4/1997

Mozart Violin Concerto No 3

That this is unashamedly ‘big-band’ Mozart is underlined by the upfront recording which vividly captures the atmosphere of a live...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 2/2003

Kosma Songs - Le Roux

Joseph Kosma (1905-1969) is still not a well-known name, even to devotees of French song. However, nearly everybody knows the...

Reviewed in issue 10/2000

Scott Violin Chamber Works

The Scott revival marches on with seven CDs of piano music from Dutton, two orchestral discs from Chandos, the Lyrita...

Reviewed by Peter Dickinson in issue: 3/2008

Carolyn Kotok - Piano Recital

Caroline Kotok is a well-schooled artist and everything here is presented in near-spotless, accurate readings. What her playing as yet...

Reviewed in issue 5/1998

Debussy & Grieg String Quartets

Outstanding quartet playing. The first movement of the Grieg sets the tone; a performance combining precision (ensemble, tuning and rhythmic...

Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 11/2000

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