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Fauré & Duruflé Requiems

When describing the ''tranquil sweetness'' of Faure's In Paradisum, Edward Higginbottom wrote in the insert-notes of this new recording: ''Although...

Reviewed by mberry in issue: 12/1991

Wagner Die Walküre, Act 1

Nobody, who wants to know how Act 1 of Die Walkure can sound when it is performed with the skill,...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 10/1988

Desprez Missa D'ung aultre amer; Motets & Chansons

This is one of the most ingeniously devised Josquin recitals I’ve heard in a while. Laying emphasis on works of...

Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 1/2008

Beethoven Piano Sonatas

Arrau was already 84 when recording these two sonatas in 1987—as part of what is now growing into a complete...

Reviewed by Joan Chissell in issue: 4/1991

Verdi Un ballo in maschera

The Preludes to Acts 1 and 2 are all-too-faithful harbingers of what follows: a carefully crafted, well-mannered reading that for...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 6/1996

Mendelssohn Octet; Variations concertantes

It’s easy to love the Mendelssohn Octet, and I found the Ensemble Explorations' account irresistible. True, the recorded sound is...

Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 7/2005

Mendelssohn Songs and Duets, Vol 5

“To my knowledge, the great majority of the songs on these recordings (Vols 4 and 5) are receiving their first...

Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 9/2010

Canto Mediterraneo

For this reissue‚ Naïve have ‘re­concepted’ the packaging from the sober‚ standard early­music artwork which accompanied its original release on...

Reviewed in issue 5/2002

The Best of British Song

The cheery title (''Best of British'') is fairly well supported by the contents. Purcell can strike profounder notes than these;...

Reviewed in issue 7/1994

Demantius Vêpres de Pentecoste

Christophorus Demantius was born and died in exactly the same years as Monteverdi, but there the similarities stop. A Bohemian...

Reviewed by Jonathan Freeman-Attwood in issue: 12/2000

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