Geoff Adams

Classical review: June 1

George Bohm (1661-1733), was a German composer who was organist at Luneburg's Johanniskirche for 35 years, regarded as a minor figure with a small output of music until a few years ago.

Lost works raise many questions about arts

Gekoski is an erudite and witty writer, presenting true stories in this entertaining hardback. It is a series of chapters broadly based on lost works of art and literature, in which ''lost'' has a number of different shades of meaning.

Classical review: May 25

Southern Cross Soloists is a leading Australian chamber group comprising Paul Dean (artistic director, clarinet), Tania Frazer (oboe), David Mitchell (bassoon), Peter Luff (horn), Kevin Power (piano) and Margaret Schindler (soprano).

Classical review: May 18

> Rossini: Petite Messe Solennelle. Orchestra and Choir, National Academy of Santa Cecilia and soloists. EMI 2 CDs

Classical review: May 11

New York-based Noah Stewart began his singing career doing voice-overs for Sesame Street and backings for pop singers.

Classical Reviews: April 27

Couperin: Trois Lecons de Tenebres, etc. The King's Consort. Vivat CD.

Classical reviews: April 20

Mendelssohn: Violin Concertos, Sonata in F minor. Tianwa Yang (violin). Naxos CD.

Classical review: April 13

>''Le Violon Roi'' Renaud Capucon (violin) Virgin Classics (3 CDs)

Classical reviews: April 6

''Alleluia''. Julia Lezhneva (soprano), Il Giardino Armonica. Decca CD

WMC had designs on changing society

Wellington Media Collective: the name sounds like some sort of leftist pressure group and that is exactly what it is (or was) as the large book We Will Work With You clearly shows, being profusely illustrated.

Reichs pair come up with Ransome-esque delight

As a youngster I was a devoted fan of Arthur Ransome's Swallows and Amazons books, so I was pleased to see that the ''young adult'' literature of today is following a similar formula - it has been espoused and modernised by ace crime writer Kathy (''Bones'') Reichs and Brendan Reichs in their latest book Code.

Classical review: March 16

Young Austrian pianist Wunder was about to make his 300th appearance in concert, so decided to celebrate 300 years of piano music in this disc release.

Classical reviews: March 9

> ''Amour'' film music. Alexandre Tharaud (piano). Virgin CD

Classical review: March 2

''Not another recording of The Four Seasons'', some will cry, as discs of the evergreen masterpiece abound.

Classical reviews: February 23

Ferdinand Ries (1784-1838) was one of Beethoven's lesser contemporaries.

Classical review: February 16

> Brahms: Violin Concerto in D major. Lisa Batiashvili (violin), Staatskapelle Dresden. Deutsche Grammophon CD.

Classical review: February 9

Outstanding German pianist Michael Endres joined the University of Canterbury in 1999 as professor of piano. He performs worldwide as soloist and a chamber music partner, having gained his master's degree at the Juilliard School in New York and also studied in London.

Classical review: February 2

An excellent oddity but with some flaws, this could be the best opera that Handel and Vivaldi never wrote! Jeremy Sams has devised a ''baroque pastiche'' in two acts combining music by them, Rameau, Purcell, Ferrandini and others.

Classical reviews: January 26

> ''Bohemian Rhapsody''. Benaud Trio. Melba CD. Following its earlier release on this label, this fine Australian piano trio plays Smetana's Piano Trio in G minor, Op.15 and Dvorak's ''Dumky'' Piano Trio in E Minor Op.90 B166. The two Czech composers were great Bohemians and these romantic works are masterpieces, but the disc really awards its title to its closing brevity that is a world premiere recording.

Classical review: January 19

Gillian Whitehead: Arapatiki. Steve De Pledge (piano), etc. Atoll CD.

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