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SCHUBERT Die schöne Müllerin (Klaus Florian Vogt)
Ensemble Acht | Klaus Florian Vogt
Heldentenors have a surprisingly respectable recorded history in the most introspective of Schubert lieder, and Klaus Florian Vogt has the...
Reviewed by David Patrick Stearns in issue: 03/2024
Schubert Reimagined (Josephine Knight)
Josephine Knight | Simon Crawford-Phillips | The Gesualdo Six | Timothy Jones
Adaptations of Schubert range from faithful transcriptions to more intricate amplifications and radical realisations such as Berio’s Rendering. Since the...
Reviewed by Peter J Rabinowitz in issue: 08/2024
SCHUBERT Piano Sonatas Nos 784 & 894 (Young-Ah Tak)
South Korean native Young-Ah Tak made her recording debut in 2005 with works by Judith Lang Zamont (Albany). Since then,...
Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 01/2025
BACH The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1
As I’ve become better acquainted with it I’ve warmed to this recording, a little, but I know I shan’t often...
Reviewed by Stephen Plaistow in issue: 09/2014
Britten War Requiem
This recording, one of Naxos’s most ambitious projects to date, was made in conjunction with the Glasgow Mayfest in a...
Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 11/1996
Wagner Lohengrin
Barenboim’s extended journey into Wagnerian territory has now brought him to the banks of the River Scheldt and the landing...
Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 1/1999
R. Strauss Elektra
This is an enthralling performance that every Straussian will want to experience. Mitropoulos made a speciality of the score, his...
Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 8/1998
Pfitzner Palestrina
Rafael Kubelik's magnificent, sumptuously cast DG recording of Palestrina is an almost impossible act to follow, indeed it's hard to...
Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 9/1994
(The) Hugo Wolf Edition 1931-38
Whatever has since been achieved in Wolf interpretation as regards intelligence and sophistication – particularly in the performances of Schwarzkopf...
Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 6/1998
Rossini Petite messe solennelle
The two historically outstanding recordings of Rossini's Petite messe solennelle, Sawallisch's on Eurodisc/BMG and Cleobury's on EMI, both take up...
Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 10/1990
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