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Reade Hobson's Choice

For anyone who has enjoyed this jolly ballet whether in the theatre or on television, this disc makes a happy...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 11/1993

Mozart String Quintets

Though less well known than its companion in G minor, the C major Quintet is no less a masterpiece, and...

Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 1/1993

Vivaldi Dixit Dominus; Jubilate; Gloria

In 1713 Vivaldi, teacher of the violin at the school of the Ospedale della Pietà in Venice, found himself taking...

Reviewed by Richard Lawrence in issue: 11/2004

Beethoven; Mozart Masses

The Czech recording need not detain us long, and long is what it is not, the Mass shedding a few...

Reviewed in issue 6/1990

Monteverdi Madrigals, Book VIII

This “new” release from Concerto Italiano brings together two recordings originally issued on Opus 111 (11/97, 12/98) and a newly...

Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 12/2006

Apostel and the String Quartet

Hans Erich Apostel (1901-72) is famous more for the reflected glory of managing to study with Schoenberg and Berg than...

Reviewed by Philip_Clark in issue: 5/2011

Walton Chamber Music

The important newcomer here is the Toccata for violin and piano, which Walton wrote between 1922 and 1923, rather longer...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 10/1994

Hummel Pf Conc No 4; Double Concerto

Think of Hummel piano concertos and you will probably think of Stephen Hough. His Gramophone Award-winning disc of...

Reviewed by Tim Parry in issue: 4/1999

Elizabethan lute songs and solos

''In the Theatre'' is the genre heading for the first group. The songs are Shakespearean and include the traditional setting...

Reviewed in issue 3/1987

Victoria Hail, Mother of the Redeemer

Modern listeners, unless they are singers or scholars, may be surprised or disappointed by the consistency of style in this...

Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 7/2011

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