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Hornemann Vocal & Orchestral Works

“He was the clear flame, the separating fire of Danish music that melted all that was false and consumed the...

Reviewed in issue 2/1996

Wagner Tristan und Isolde (DVD)

Anybody who wants to hear and see the very best in contemporary singing and acting need go no further than...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 12/2000

Works for Solo Violin from the German Baroque Era

In the third bar of the Bach Chaconne Mira Glodeanu takes an extended pause for breath, giving a severe jolt...

Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 2/2010

Schoeck Unter Sternen

The two books of Unter Sternen comprise some 25 songs in all. It was begun late in 1941 when Schoeck...

Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 12/1986

Barber; Bernstein; Bloch Violin Works

Bernstein’s Serenade was written in 1954, just before West Side Story, and is based on Plato’s Dialogues much as his...

Reviewed by Peter Dickinson in issue: 3/2010

Krauze/Messiaen Quartets

Collins Classics field an all-star team for this performance of Messiaen's extraordinary quartet, a team which manages to outdo all...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 6/1994

Geminiani (6) Cello Sonatas, Op 5

Known as “Il Furibondo” (“The Madman”) on account of his energetic style of playing and conducting, Geminiani had a good...

Reviewed by Iain Fenlon in issue: 6/2011

Mozart (La) Finta Giardiniera

La finta giardiniera was Mozart’s last opera buffa before Le nozze di Figaro. But the two works belong to different...

Reviewed in issue 9/2002

Beach Chamber Works

Followers of pianist Joanne Polk’s Amy Beach series for Arabesque will already know the considerable rewards of the Boston-based composer’s...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 1/2004

Giordano Siberia

The title may not have helped; perhaps some-thing like Love in a Cold Climate would have been more attractive. Siberia...

Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 9/2004

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