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One might expect with these Neapolitan songs that two or three would be quite enough at a time. In fact I found that, having put the disc on, I couldn't bring myself to turn it off. The closest... — Classic CD More…

This generously filled three-disc set celebrates this the Alban Berg Quartet's implacable commitment towards promoting 20th-century repertory, plus works by Berio and Schnittke. — BBC Music Magazine, July 2008, 5 out of 5 stars More…

This is an attractive compilation, recommendable primarily for the wealth of rare recordings it includes. Great Singers at La Scala is well thought out and never dull - another success for Prima... — Fanfare More…

Both works are graced with strongly characterised playing under Jurowski’s precise direction. — BBC Music Magazine, December 2016, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Copland conducted many of his own works, and this 5-CD set brings together many of his own recordings, mainly with the London Symphony Orchestra, as well as an extensive survey of the solo piano... — James Longstaffe, Presto Music, January 2015 More…

Anyone interested in Herbert - or in the early development of music in the Broadway theatre - is likely to find much here that is fascinating and often beguiling...The standard of all the singers... — International Record Review, October 2012 More…

Nigel Douglas's book Legendary Voices (Deutsch: 1992) gives engagingly appreciative accounts of 14 favourite singers, coupling a biographical sketch, and sometimes personal reminiscences, with... — Gramophone Magazine More…