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Ullmann Der Kaiser von Atlantis

The subtitle of Viktor Ullmann's opera means ''The denial of death''. Death is portrayed as an old soldier, proud of...

Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 12/1994

Dvorák Lieder

An all-Dvorák song recital may still seem a luxury. The Gypsy Songs, and not just their famous fourth (‘Songs my...

Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 7/2004

J.S.Bach Sonatas and Partitas for solo violin

These works are merciless in exposing a performer's technical weaknesses. Consider for instance the opening of the Ciaccona: four-note chords...

Reviewed by John Duarte in issue: 12/1990

Mahler Symphony No 6; Rückert Lieder; Kindertotenlieder

Karajan’s classic Sixth confirmed his belated arrival as a major Mahler interpreter. Only Bernstein, in his more emotive, less consciously...

Reviewed in issue 12/1998

Voices

Taken mostly from Danish Radio broadcasts, this recital commemorates soprano Inga Nielsen's 35 years in the profession and presents (especially...

Reviewed by Mike Ashman in issue: 12/2007

Bach Mass in B minor

There is still a following for mainstream 'symphonic' accounts of Bach's great Mass as witnessed by recordings in the last...

Reviewed by Jonathan Freeman-Attwood in issue: 3/1995

The Piano Album, Vol.1

There is exhilarating virtuosity here in abundance. From the very first track and the brilliant sextuplets of MacDowell's Witches' Dance,...

Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 1/1989

Boccherini: Symphonies

The key of A major was often a particularly sunny one for composers of the classical era; the sound of...

Reviewed by Stanley Sadie in issue: 9/1987

Bacewicz Piano Sonata No 2; Piano Quintets Nos 1 and 2

“A lot happens in my music,” Bacewicz is quoted as saying. “It’s aggressive and at the same time lyrical.” That,...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 6/2011

Rubbra String Quartets

Edmund Rubbra’s four quartets cover an even longer period of his creative career than the symphonies: the first version of...

Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 5/1996

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