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Messiaen Saint-François d'Assise - tableaux Nos 3,6-8
It may be paradoxical, but it’s a good general rule that, the less theatrical an opera, the more a recording...
Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 1/2001
Spohr Jessonda
It is not particularly surprising that Jessonda should have been popular in its time nor that it should have been...
Reviewed in issue 11/1991
Haydn The Creation
Sir Neville's recording of Die Schopfung (''The Creation'') was made for Philips in London at St John's, Smith Square, in...
Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 2/1987
Busoni Doktor Faust
Busoni started composing his Faust – based not on Goethe but on 16th-century puppet plays – after rejecting the Wandering...
Reviewed by Mike Ashman in issue: 11/2011
Brahms German Folksongs
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau | Elisabeth Schwarzkopf | Gerald Moore
Here is another classic EMI record from the not-too-distant past happily remastered for CD. Of course, Volkslieder is something of...
Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 11/1989
Beethoven Piano Sonatas Nos 7 & 16; Schumann Carnaval Op 9
Annie Fischer and Schumann’s Carnaval were frequently paired up during her career, yielding a 1959 studio recording for EMI plus...
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 1/2007
Romantic Lieder
Dieter Klöcker | Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau | Hartmut Höll | Klaus Wallendorf
Fischer-Dieskau's wide-ranging knowledge of song has here brought together examples from four different countries of what are really for the...
Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 6/1987
Schubert Duets, Trios & Quartets
When Fischer-Dieskau and Gerald Moore completed their work on the DG Schubert Song Edition, they turned to these duets, trios...
Reviewed in issue 10/1992
Reimann Vocal Works
Aribert Reimann | Cherubini Qt | Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
I do hope I'm not beginning to sound like the Chairman of the Aribert Reimann Depreciation Society. He's a fine...
Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 10/1991
R.Strauss Arabella
It is hardly credible that 30 years have passed since this performance was recorded at the newly rebuilt Nationaltheater in...
Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 8/1993
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