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Karl Bohm in Rehearsal and Performance, Vol 3
Karl Böhm | Vienna Symphony Orchestra
Henri Colpi (1921-2006) directed Une aussi longue absence and was the film editor for Last Year at Marienbad, both from...
Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 3/2010
R. Strauss Salome
Strauss wanted Mendelssohn-like textures in his Salome. These Keilberth, one of the last conductors to work with the composer, provides...
Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 9/1994
Puccini Il Trittico
It must have been a daunting task for Antonio Pappano to follow up his outstanding recording of La Rondine, <FT:''Times...
Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 3/1999
Dvorák Piano Quintets
Borodin Qt | Sviatoslav Richter
There is not really an improvement on the original LPs of this pair of performances, but the somewhat hoarse sound...
Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 11/1985
Schubert String Quartet No 14; Schumann Piano Quintet
Borodin Qt | Sviatoslav Richter
There’s no denying that both these performances exude class. Neither could have come from artists of anything less than exalted...
Reviewed in issue 2/1999
Kokkonen Orchestral & Chamber Works
Although Joonas Kokkonen seldom features in the concert-hall in this country he has maintained a strong profile on record since...
Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 8/1992
Schubert; Schumann Piano Works
Benjamin Britten | English Chamber Orchestra | Sviatoslav Richter
Here, in performances from 1963-65, is vintage Richter and a reminder of a time when he bestrode the stage like...
Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 12/2006
Mahler Symphony No 2
A performance of revelations, big and small, and easily the most illuminating to have appeared on disc in a very...
Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 8/2011
Strauss, R Intermezzo
A curio or a godsend? The answer comes down to two factors: How one values this set’s star, Elisabeth Söderström,...
Reviewed by David Patrick Stearns in issue: 9/2011
Mahler Symphonies Nos 1 & 2
The BBC Legends series has already given us classic Mahler from Horenstein, Britten and Barbirolli. Rudolf Kempe’s Mahlerian credentials are...
Reviewed in issue 11/1999
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