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R Strauss Josephslegende
Giuseppe Sinopoli | Staatskapelle Dresden
That Richard Strauss wrote a ballet for Diaghilev is something that tends to be forgotten. The neglect of Josephs-Legende was...
Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 8/2000
Dvorák Works for Violin & Orchestra
Kyung Wha Chung's first recording under her new EMI contract here comes up against formidable competition from the young Midori,...
Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 11/1989
(A) Portrait of Herbert von Karajan
With its excellent transfers of vintage EMI recordings, almost every one of these doubles is worth its asking price of...
Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 4/2000
DVORÁK Symphony No 9 (König)
Christoph König | Soloists Européens, Luxembourg
It’s a neat idea framing Dvořák’s ubiquitous New World with two miniatures of authentic Americana – one rural, one urban...
Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 10/2019
Elgar Orchestral Works
London Philharmonic Orchestra | Vernon Handley
A Falstaff to rank with the finest on disc. Handley's clear-headed, wonderfully affectionate conception is entirely winning. Chosen tempos are...
Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 6/1993
The Golden Age Restor'd
John Johnson was employed as a lutenist at the court of Queen Elizabeth 1 and the great majority of his...
Reviewed by John Duarte in issue: 4/1993
Laurent Korcia - Danses
Laurent Korcia is a pretty considerable fiddler. He plays a 1719 Stradivarius with great aplomb and succulent timbre, and he...
Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 4/2005
Rimsky-Korsakov Orchestral Works
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra | Dmitri Kitaenko | Geoffrey Tozer
Rimsky-Korsakov made revisions of all three of his completed symphonies, eventually calling the most famous (and successful) of them, Antar,...
Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 7/1994
Gluck Don Juan
Patrick Strub | Stuttgart Arcata Ensemble
Gluck's Don Juan of 1761 is as important in the history of ballet as his Orfeo, written a year later,...
Reviewed by Stanley Sadie in issue: 5/1990
Kashif Queen Symphony
London Oratory School Choir | London Voices | Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
In a climate where the classical music establishment clamours to attract baby-boomer audiences, and ageing rock music fans come out...
Reviewed by K Smith in issue: 1/2003
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