Classical Reviews
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Beautiful Messiah and Exquisite Morales
25th Aug 2008
Harry Christophers and The Sixteen offer a Messiah of ‘formidable achievement’, whilst The Brabant Ensemble present a compelling programme motets and lamentations by the Spanish Renaissance composer Cristóbal de Morales.
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Chloë Hanslip and the unfamiliar
4th Aug 2008
The young British violinist ventures off the beaten track with concertos by John Adams and John Corigliano, and a recital of virtuoso showpieces by Antonio Bazzini, best known for his fiendish ‘Dance of the Goblins’.
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Leopold Godowsky and the virtuoso pianist
28th Jul 2008
Marc-André Hamelin explores original compositions and transcriptions by the Polish-born pianist and composer (1870-1983) in an ‘attractive and strangely compelling’ recital on Hyperion.
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Reginald Goodall's revelatory 'Mastersingers'
30th Jun 2008
Broadcast by the BBC in 1968 and sung in English by a largely British cast, the controversial conductor’s take on Wagner’s only comedy impresses with its ‘immense depths of mood and meaning’.
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Margaret Curphey (Eva), Alberto Remedios (Walther), Norman Bailey (Hans Sachs), Derek Hammond-Stroud (Beckmesser), Ann Robson (Magdalene), Gregory Dempsey (David), Noel Mangin (Pogner), Stafford Dean (Nightwatchman) Sadlers Wells Chorus & Sadlers Wells Opera Orchestra, Reginald Goodall
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Bach Fugues from Onyx and the Emersons
16th Jun 2008
A British brass quintet and American string quartet (who recently recorded an impressive account of The Art of Fugue) tackle fugues from The Well-Tempered Clavier.
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Time to re-evaluate Miaskovsky
2nd Jun 2008
A 16-CD of the Russian composer’s complete symphonies and orchestral works gives Chris a chance to explore the remarkable legacy of the ‘father of the Soviet symphony’.
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Superb Scholl sings Dowland and his circle
26th May 2008
The German countertenor captivates in a programme of lute and consort songs by the great Elizabethan ‘poet of melancholy’, John Dowland, with lutenist Julian Behr and Swiss-based viol quartet Concerto di Viole.
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Fiesta! - Dudamel and the Venezuelans
19th May 2008
The Simón Bolívar Youth Orchestra scintillate in a programme of Latin American showpieces including music by Revueltas, Romerto, Ginastera and Castellanos.
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A La Bohème for all
5th May 2008
Anna Netrebko is the Parisian seamstress with the cold hands and Rolando Villazón is the poet who finds her door-key on this new recording from Bertrand de Billy and the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra.
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Beethoven and Period Instruments
28th Apr 2008
Belgian conductor Jos van Immerseel and his Amsterdam-based group Anima Eterna impress in an historically-informed cycle of the complete Beethoven symphonies, which will be an Editor’s Choice in the next issue of Gramophone…
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The Jerusalem Quartet
21st Apr 2008
The former BBC New Generation Artists display ‘excitement and vitality’ in Schubert’s Death and the Maiden and Quartettsatz.
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Nigel Kennedy
14th Apr 2008
The maverick violinist impresses in ‘rhythmically driven and playful’ Beethoven, but fails to convince in a Mozart concerto which sees him take up an electric violin for the cadenza…
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Paul Lewis's Beethoven
7th Apr 2008
Ahead of the release of the final instalment of his acclaimed cycle on Harmonia Mundi, Chris offers an overview of the Liverpool-born pianist’s ‘utterly compelling’ traversal of the complete sonatas.
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Paul Lewis (piano)
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Ingrid Fliter
31st Mar 2008
The Gilmore Award-winning Argentine pianist makes her EMI debut with an all-Chopin recital which showcases her ‘contrasts of tonal colours, dynamic range and lyricism’.
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Ingrid Fliter (piano)
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Mel Bonis
24th Mar 2008
A new recording of two piano quartets by the French female composer (1858-1937) from the Mozart Piano Quartet makes a strong case for this one-time classmate of Debussy.
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Mozart Piano Quartet
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Stunning new Haydn Creation from Paul McCreesh
17th Mar 2008
An ‘uplifting, overwhelming, charming and comforting’ account of Haydn’s most popular oratorio, sung in a new English adaptation, with soloists including Miah Persson and Mark Padmore.
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Hilary Hahn plays Schoenberg and Sibelius
10th Mar 2008
The American violinist’s ‘beautiful sound and technical brilliance’ make a strong impact in two twentieth-century concertos with the Swedish Radio Orchestra and Esa-Pekka Salonen.
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Rattle and Gergiev on Mahler
3rd Mar 2008
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Handel Organ Concertos
25th Feb 2008
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Late Mozart Symphonies
18th Feb 2008
