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1. 1. Best classical albums of 2005

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 30 December 2005 M.E.N. music critic Robert Beale guides us through his pick of this year's classical LPs.

2. 2. Opera North's Magpie flies in

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 28 March 2005 OPERA North are to return to The Lowry with their programme of three operas. Robert Beale ssesses the one that had just a single hearing last time, and its star, Mary Hegarty.

3. 3. The best Classical music of 2002

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 27 December 2002 Robert Beale reveals his best of 2002. "It's been an interesting year, as the big labels pull back but small independents bristle with ideas - and good old Naxos keeps on putting out excellent performances at affordable prices."

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   Manchester Evening News, Friday 06 August 2004

5. 5. Noseda's journey of discovery

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 25 May 2007 GIANANDREA Noseda, the BBC Philharmonic's dynamic chief conductor, pictured, last night embarked on a project that will take him until June next year to see to its conclusion.

6. 6. Goldberg Ensemble @ RNCM

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 24 February 2003 PITY the modern composer. Nobody comes to concerts of new music now (except academics and other composers) because they expect bumps and squeaks. And when, as happens, he (or she) writes something nice, people say it's derivative.

7. 7. London Symphony Orchestra - Bruckner 6 (LSO Live)

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 28 February 2003 COLIN Davis' recordings with the LSO are proving to be a magnificent series of mementos of his performances at the Barbican.

8. 8. Nash Ensemble @ RNCM

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 25 February 2003 THERE are some performances which engender such sheer joy that it's beside the point to analyse what they did to achieve it and why.

9. 9. Buffalo Philharmonic - Frederick Converse (Naxos)

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 28 February 2003 ANOTHER from the Naxos American Classics stable, and an interesting sample of the work of the New England composer and businessman who died in 1940.

10. 10. Halle @ Bridgewater Hall

    Manchester Evening News, Friday 28 February 2003 THE Shakespearean theme of the Halle season yielded something genuinely rich and strange in the form of a selection of the music Sibelius wrote for The Tempest.

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