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Donizetti Lucia di Lammermoor

The drama of Ravenswood and Ashton and the poor girl crushed between them is played out faithfully against a background...

Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 13/2004

Senfl Deutsche Lieder; Carmina

This is the second recital in a year devoted to the music of Heinrich Isaac's most famous pupil, and his...

Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 3/2000

Bernstein Serenade; Facsimile; Divertimento

This is even better than Marin Alsop’s previous Bernstein collection (Naxos, 10/03), combining a more generous playing-time with top-notch sound,...

Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 12/2005

Mozart: String Quartets

For all their external splendour, the previous performances in the Alban Berg's latest survey of Mozart's mature quartets have, for...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 4/1991

Bloch/Bruch/Tchaikovsky Cello Works

The Rococo Variations are given a stylish performance by Maria Kliegel, with quietly individual phrasing (especially in the Andante sections),...

Reviewed in issue 11/1994

Chen, Q Iris Dévoilée; Reflet d'un temps disparu; Wu Xing

A decade ago you couldn’t move for releases by Estonians, Latvians, Lithuanians and others emerging from under the Soviet shadow....

Reviewed by bwitherden in issue: 4/2003

Bartók Complete String Quartets

Recently, I gave a warm welcome to the Eder Quartet's recordings of Bartok's First and Fifth Quartets (Teldec/Conifer AZ6 42983,...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 12/1984

Ránki plays Liszt

If it's a CD coupling of both the B minor and Dante Sonatas that you're after, then Dezso Ranki's sole...

Reviewed by Joan Chissell in issue: 9/1986

(A) Portrait of Norman Walker

Norman Walker was one of our leading basses for some 17 years from 1937 when he sang as the Commendatore...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 12/1996

Ries Piano Concertos, Opp 123 & 151

Remembered as the pupil, amanuensis, friend and biographer of Beethoven, Ferdinand Ries (1784-1838) as a composer has suffered the familiar...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 1/2006

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