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Dallapiccola Chamber Works

It is tempting to begin with the bald assertion that a Dallapiccola disc containing none of his vocal music is...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 2/1998

Mozart String Quartets

I listened first to the B flat Quartet, enjoyed it but found myself wondering whether this set of Mozart's 'Haydn'...

Reviewed by Stanley Sadie in issue: 4/1988

Bach St Matthew Passion

This recording of Bach's St Matthew Passion was first released on LPs in 1978. I did not much enjoy it...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 3/1987

Shostakovich Symphony No 13

This will be a self-recommending issue for many readers, given the unavailability of all three previous Kondrashin performances—a Moscow concert...

Reviewed in issue 3/1994

Rimsky-Korsakov Complete Songs

When someone produces the major modern critical biography of Rimsky-Korsakov that is so long overdue, significant place will have to...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 7/1993

Adams Tromba Lontana; Violin Concerto; (The) Wound Dresser

In January‚ in the wake of post­September 11 criticism of his allegedly pro­terrorist opera‚ The Death of Klinghoffer‚ John Adams...

Reviewed in issue 7/2002

Dvorak Symphony No.9; Hindemith Klaviermusik mit Orchester

This is one of the oddest couplings I can remember, one that stems from having these items recorded live in...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 7/2009

Boris Christoff - Italian Opera Arias

The grieving king, the patriarchal priest, the smirking demon: these are all expected presences in Christoff’s gallery of vivid characters,...

Reviewed in issue 3/1996

Bruckner Symphony No 6

We’ve had a Bruckner Sixth from Christoph Eschenbach before, with the Houston Symphony. Here, as there, the accent is on...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 2/2011

Bach Solo Violin Sonatas & Partitas, BWV1004 - 1006

Gone are the days when the choice for performances of the solo sonatas and partitas was a simple one between...

Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 6/2010

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