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By Arrangement Tetra Guitar Quartet

No single instrument, in the hands of a single player and without extraneous mechanical aid, is capable of a greater...

Reviewed by John Duarte in issue: 11/1993

Britten Billy Budd

Almost two decades after Humphrey Carpenter’s controversial biography of Britten, opera directors have woken up to some of its revelations....

Reviewed by Richard Fairman in issue: 9/2011

Shostakovich (The) Golden Age

We don't think of Shostakovich as a ballet composer yet he wrote three between 1929 and 1935. Neglect is not...

Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 2/2007

Barber/Bernstein Works for Violin & Orchestra

Hu Kun's playing is full of poignant persuasion. When he finally lends his voice to the great tune at the...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 6/1992

Bach St Matthew Passion, BWV244

Beginning his review of the original issue of this recording, on four LPs, Trevor Harvey wrote: ''There are those (not...

Reviewed by rgolding in issue: 3/1988

Giordano Andrea Chénier

These four sets, issued by EMI to mark the 25th anniversary of Maria Callas’s death, are important historical documents on...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 11/2002

Previn Diversions; Songs

I once asked Andre Previn if there was any significance in his decision to use only strings and brass in...

Reviewed in issue 8/2001

Parry & Stanford Nonet & Serenade

Hyperion again! For sheer enterprise, a disc comprising nonets by Parry and Stanford takes some beating. It is aimed, presumably,...

Reviewed in issue 9/1989

Höller (Der) Meister und Margarita

As a 20th-century fable of disillusion, Mikhail Bulgakov’s novel The Master and Margarita has few peers. Its piercing insights into...

Reviewed by kYlzrO1BaC7A in issue: 1/2001

Saint-Saëns Violin Concerto No 3; Violin Sonatas Nos1-2

Tonz makes a persuasive showing in the once popular concerto, its delectable barcarolle elegantly phrased. He and Triendl take an...

Reviewed by kYlzrO1BaC7A in issue: 10/1998

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