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Music

Genius of Schubert Robin Holloway E arlier this year one of the most impor- tant and handsome undertakings in the century-old history of recorded music reached its......

Opera

Verdi's Requiem (Coliseum) Irresistible force Michael Tanner I t still isn't uncommon to hear Verdi's Requiem being disapproved of for being too dramatic, or theatrical, the......